The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-04-02

OF every case for no other purpose than
10 determine the cause OF death, ALWAYS
having m mind n possibility OF the re-
,rudesccnce Of the disease that we SUI
fered under last year. Leg innate DIS
ctssIon will be In order this afternoon.
brit ais I said before ! wish to state the
posltion Of the Board Of Health plainly
to the press and plainly TO the Leglsla-
ture.
We are willing to do our duty from
start to finish; we are wiling TO serve
the public as We are doing today, free,
without compensation: we are willing 10
10 nh that is required OF any man, and T
submit to vou as man to man TINT whom
an Intelligent press comes ont and VII
fics honest men, ISLANDERS them by the ar
fulce that were written within the past
few DAYS. botraving Their confidence al
together. forcing them 10 make n state
rncut that they were reluctant 10 make
for mn other reason than TO protect this
country 7 ruhmit that anv reasonable,
fsIr-rnrraod man would take exceptions
to II: md ] have been given to under
etard that several NJ nv friends here.
members Of the BOARD 81 Health, have
tordcred their designations to the Cow
crror
We want to state rla'n'v thR' n we
hive your confidence we VIII work, an
work earnestly. II we have not vour
confidence r YOU are going to throw
u1uu AZ ne If Won are TolnR 70 WHY ne,
n YOU are poin~ to coll ia thieves. ami
rouOrt or give the public the impression
that we are going to put our hands IN
ro0n'c's POCKETS, we are going tn step
down and ont ard give Won an omen door
ard tho privilege Of Amounting these
that you have confidence in.
Doctor Carmichael. you saw That case
sT,i.,,yg1o,s 1oct 1i1 youH
Dr. Carmichael: ! saw IT,
MIR. Doe: FRIDAY night.
Or. RAYMOND: Friday nipht. You arc
tho reprcscntat've OF tho United states
Govorrmert are you not7
Dr. Carmichael: ! am.
Or. Raymond: In the Marine Hospital
Service?
Dr Carmichael Yes: chief quarantine
officer.
pr RAYMOND: May 7 ask what yo1r
attitude will he with regard TO this case
or what you think OF ,..dt case, or what
your diagnosis was In the case or what
you suspect as being the cause or death
DR. Carmichael: I was called to see the
case to attend the post-mortem, rather
about half past eight Friday evening.
went ont there in company with DR..
Wood Or. Hoffman,, Dr.. Mays and Dr..
Pratt. After the post-mortem examina-
tion and the hasty staining and examir-
Ing OF the samples that we took from the
spleen glands, the opinion was general
that 1t was very suspicious, and the
post-mortem appearances were Identical
! with the cases We mad last year. or
course, It will be wise to withhold a pos
! tive opinion until you hear from the
! cultures that were planted that night
and think after that that a decision
can be very readily reached.
| Now the attitude. If there Is
ONLY ONE SPORADIC CASE, THEIR r.
! WILL BE NO RESTRICTIVE MEAS
URES WHATEVER. The case, as l UNI
derstand 1t have kept IN touch With
DR.. PratD. has been handled very care
fully. The woman was removed to the
/ japanese Hospital. Her surroundings
were removed and dlsinfected not once,
but three times. Am I right?
DR. Pratt: Yes, cir.
Dr. Carmichael: And the place w1ere
she lodged, and the hospital. has been
! thoroughly dlslnfeCted and the body was
removed with my permission to the quar-
antine island and cremated Now that
d'sposes of the case so far as we know.
If there are no more cases, there VIII he
no more action taken by me. and there
J will be no quarantine restrictions placed
/ upon the port
| There IL a statement In the Republican
this morning totally Unauthorized by me
that had threatened to quarantine the
port of Honolulu II you announce that
case as one of buhonic plague I car
tell YOU honestly, gentlemen, that I nav
err said any such thing. ! never mad,
any such statement of that character tc
anybody.
DR.. Raymond: You all understand Dr.
CarmIchaers remarks; that he is inclln-
ed to treat us fairly: he is inclined to do
all In his power to assist us in every
way. and as I stated moment ago. II
this question Ia given undue publicity
and the country suffers and the CON-
merco of the country suffers II will he
the fault of the press. If we are con-
| frontcd with the serious condition of af-
/ fairs, II will he necessary for the Legis-
lature to consider the matter, the way
/ that II should be. 1t will be necessary
/ for us to have means OF combating the
disease, and II is for that reason that
called you here this afternoon, TO nc-
quaint you with the case. the emergen-
cv, and to inform YOU that so far rs
the Board or Health goes. we stand
ready to do our duty; but II, as I said
n moment ago, we do not have the con-
I fdence of you gentlemen why we are
willing to give wav to those In whom
you have more confidence.
! Tho policy Of the Board Of Health n
/ this matter will he to disregard HltOgeth-
or the undue criticism OF the press-ot
publicity, so far as the work OF the
Board goes; II would not influence us m
any way; we will DO our duty as long as
We are In the office. But 7 ask the
Z question, what good f. Il going 10 do
this country for the press to resort 10
yellow Journalism and throw mud at the
BOARD OF Henlth7 I am talking plainly,
man to man, with every one OF you.
Now, our policy will be TO work hard
in every instance 20 prevent any @o-' ~
contagIon and prevent any undue alarm
that may be caused, and that is as far
as we care to 80 in the matter. as far
as we will go. II IL up TO you.
/ pr. Pratt suggested the conference the
other evening. The Board OF Health 's
not disposed 10 advertise the working Of
the Department IN order as I say, 20
give any chance for undue criticism or
alarm The matter was renorted %
them, and the findings were such as IA
make them suspicious that they were
right, ana they had no desire Whatever
to have the matter published In The pa