The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-04-02
HEALTH OF
HONOLULU
CFrom Mondays DaIly)


and editors OF several of the local pa
pers, the Board of Health. wishing to
give the gossips Of the town no chance
10 exaggerate the news about "suspi-
cious cases" II any such cases appear
took under Amusement proposal to
issue seml-daily bulletin showing the
state of the public health. The discus
sion of the present, past and future at
titude Of the Board and OF the press
was thorough and but one voice was
raised in the meeting against the theory
that honesty Is ,Ag best policy in the
public treatment of contagious dis
eases. though any form OF yellow jour
nalism in connection with II was depre-
Gated.
DR.. Carmichael said at the meeting
and he requests the Advertiser to say
that the statement attributed to him
by the Republican, namely. that he had
threatened, in case the Board of Health
declared that Iwami Vel died Of plague,
TO prevent the Shriners from leaving
this port, was made out Of whole cloth.
He had never said or limited anything
Of the kind, nor had he said anything
which would bear out such n construc-
ton. He should not declare a quaran-
tine because Of sporadic cases.
DR.. Mays was also mlsrepresented by
the Republican. He did not lay down
the dictum that the woman, Iwami Vel,
died of typhoid-pneumonia. He tells
the Advertiser that he regarded the
case as one Of typhoid-pneumonia while
treating the patient" but made no posi-
tive statement that her death was due
to this cause. DIR. Mays admits that he
has had no experience in the treatment
of plague cases. nor has he ever seen
one, and that IL in reality lwami Yei
had been a genuine plague case he
would probably have regarded II as
typhoid-pneumonia.
AS to the swollen ingunal gland
which was found on an examination OF
the woman's body, DIR. Mays says that
he questioned friends of the woman
about 1t and was told that the gland
was often swollen In that manner.
ION Saturday week ago" says DR..
Mays, II was consulted by the people
in the house where the Japanese woman
was lying Ill, but / did not see her until
Sunday morning, when l found her in
a high fever. She had a very high tenn
perature and was in a deliriun. on
Monday the fever continued and | then
regarded the case as one of typhoid fe-
yer. Finding IL difficult to elicit her
symptoms. she not speaking in English,
II was thought best to have her re-
moved to the Japanese hospital on LII
ma street. l therefore called in Dr.
Mitamura and on Tuesday afternoon
she was removed to the hospital. on
Wednesday the fever abated somewhat
and she became more rational, and on
Thursday her condition was also re-
garded as more favorable, but on
Thursday night symptoms of pneu-
monia presented themselves and by Fri
day morning there was evidence, to my
mind. OF considerable lung trouble. The
pneumonia progressed rapidly and on
Friday afternoon we saw the case was
hopeless, and she died Friday night"
The president of the Board OF Health
at yesterdays meeting roundly de-
nounced the Republican for accus-
ing that body of indulging in pre-
mature publicity in the case Of
Iwaml Yei when the night editor In
charge OF that paper had refused to
suppress the story.
The following account of yesterdays
proceedings, which the Board of Health
requests the Advertiser to publish Is
&c.. A.. 100 :, Il, -,...-,.. W.,
Iio'', 'l'e s'e''os'ap'''' r'P"'' VI % "a'-
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specIal Meeting 81 the Roard ~ Health
March 81. 1901.
Present, Drs R,v,opd c-oorar E,,or-
son and pratt. NTessrs smitb Dorc
Winston ana Towrey, or tbe Poor5
and secretary yviIcox. Governor DoIe.
Nessrs ,rhrrator ana w a
smith Advertiser. A v Gear and
" r. harrington Ruuettn. Franr,
Ucors and G 7, Rboaoa star. n
NorrIc TrdeneDsent, senators Rus-
sci baldwin, Konuho, Renresenta.
tIves Recklev and TnmeIuth. Dr
CaruIchoel United States Ororartir.
omcer
pr' hhyHlohu ! hnvu hsN'u you Ernu'-
men 10 come 'h,s aII"t"oon 70 come,
WIN 'ne boarp OF ilsa',n on ~ = Hu,lec' or
srea, importance On last nuIsuay we
ueath or a SapanPSe woman WIS report
ca 10 tne ',phr'n,eh' ana we hnu every
reason 10 Del'e'e 'hat II was SUSPICIOUS
case
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