Arizona republican., 1902-11-07

reluctant to speak of it, as it had left him nervous and depressed, even after a lapse oi months.
 Ordinarily the first symptoms are like those of a bad attack of grir-almost uncomfortable aching of the back and limbs. with sneezing and a discharge from the nose and eyes. The tempera- ture rises, and as the disease pro- gresses there is deadly nausea, vom- iting and swelling, hardeningg and suppuration of the salivary and other glands This last is accepted as the peculiar and conclusive symptom of plague. In Hong Kong, where all sorts of remedies were tried, it was discov- cred that even with the high fever that accompanies the disease, the one rem edy that appeared to have a marked and immediate effect was raw brandy, in laKge and frequent doses. This was the treatment given MT. Reidie, which he himself believed saved his life. He had been a total abstainer.
 There has been much discussion as to the spreading of bubonic plague by rats; some good authorities scouting the iGea, while others believe it prob
 able. At any rate, the curious facts related where an outbreak followed the killing of rats and the removal of dead rats, are so peculiar that they could hardly be regarded as mere CO., incidence.
 When the disease first appeared in Honolulu dead rats were found in large numbers lying about the warehouses along the water fronts. At the height of the epidemic the survivors totally disappeared. When the disease was finally stamped out they returned. One white woman had the disease and died. She was a milliner, employed in a large establishment in the business part of the city. where there were no other cases. A rat was killed in the room
 where she was at work and brought to her. She looked at it. and that night became ill, and died within twenty four hours. However, neither the man who killed the rat nor the woman's assistants were affected. 4 number of rats were killed in livery stable, not far from the Hawaiian hotel where | there were no cases. They were thrown out of the rear door of the stable, and were not buried. Three cases of the plague were reported from the stable within few days, all fatal Many facts of the same sort were noted dur ing the prevalence of plague in Sidney,
 N s. w.. that year.
 The prophylactic which is supposed to render a person immune, is prepared from the spleen of a plague patient who, of course. has died. The prin- | ciple is that Of the attenuation of virus, used in the inoculation of pa tients for rabies. It is applied in the arm with a hypodermic syringe. The 1 effect varies, according to the cOnsti- tuition of the patient, as with opiates and alcohoi-some feel it slightly in | others the effects are unpleasant and painful. One nurse who had been on | duty with nearly all the cases in the | hospital in Honolulu, carried his arm | in sling for days after the injection,
 which was followed by the breaking
 out of malignant ulcers, the system l probably ridding itself of the poison in
 this way. Tn another instance a child | followed the injection with slight fever, ! intense nervous and mental depression and that curious prostration that fol- | lows a heavy dose of opium. The arm l swelled from the shoulder to the wrist
 with dark discolCraticn around the
 spot where the skin had been pune tured by the needle. As the swelling subsided the discoloration gradually faded, but lett for days a dark brown spot an inch or more in diameter where the needle had pierced the skin This remained for nearly ten days. As the remedy does not render one per manently immune, like vaccination fol
 smallpox, it seems hardly worth while to undergo so unpleasant an operation
 the result of which cannot always bC
 definitely foretold.-Denvcr Times.