The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-10-29

| lOT StIiIt SStI past. LEI tic pine y
this concession to the Lung Du Wa
people is their honest cooperation wit
the authorities in stamping out the Wis
itation
HISTORY OF VISITATION.
Besides the facts of this visitation o
CHAMBERS which are given by DR.. Nor
gard in his letter to President Pink
ham, the following particulars from
correspondence shown by the chief vet
erinarian to an Advertiser reporter
; who witnessed the quarantine per
formances yesterday morning, will b.
of interest.
On October the office of the Terri
| torial Veterinarian was requested b!
Mr.. Singlehurst of the plantation
agency to send a veterinarian to thu
Lung Du Wal Rice Co.'S stables al
Moiliili. DR.. Fitzgerald, Assistant Ter
| ritorial Veterinarian, went out and
| found one horse suffering from CLAN
| ders. This animal was removed to the
Animal Quarantine Station in Kalihi
where, upon the return of DR.. Norgaard
| from Hawaii, it was destroyed. The
post norton examination fully demon
strated the correctness of the dag
nosis and samples of the affected or
gans are now on exhibition in the
Veterinarians office.
1t was also learned from this exam
ination that the animal must have
been affected for a long time before
the case was reported. The fact that
the animal was found in an isolated
place, where its presence was only dis
covered with difficulty, would indicate
that the owner was aware of the dan
gerous nature of the disease. There
fore, the case, when proved in court,
would have constituted a misdemeanor.
punishable by both fine and imprison-
ment.
Such chronic condition of the case
suggested the possibility that some of
the other animals on the place might
be infected and arrangements were
made to have % horses remaining test
ed with mallein. For the convenience
of the owners the following Saturday
and Sunday were selected for the first
test of u horses, and Drs. Norgaard
and Fitzgerald went to Moiliili on Sat
urday afternoon, October Is, for the
purpose of taking tempera lures and in
jecting the mallein.
CHINESE WERE HOSTILE.
The owners now assumed very
threatening attitudes and absolutely
refused to assist or even allow the
veterinarians to examine the animals.
DR.. Norgaard called again the next
morning and found an English-speak-
ing Chinese in charge, with whose as
sstance he selected the animals to be
tested, and that same evening II horses
were injected with mallein.
Next morning when DR.. Fitzgerald
appeared on the scene to take the tenn
peratures the same hostile feeling pre-
vailed Nobody would lend hand and
only impertinence could be elected In
reply to inquiries for the bookkeeper.
1t therefore became necessary for DIR.
Fitzgerald to return to Honolulu ana
secure assistance for the handling Of
the animals.
The upshot of the tests was that six
of the twelve animals showed temper
atures ranging between 104 and 106 de-
grees AS none of these had any ele-
walton Of temperature before injection
it was concluded by the veterinarians
that they had reacted typically to the
test or. in other words, there was a
very strong probability that they were
the following Saturday the remaining
eleven horses were injected. the result
showing five that gave typical reac-
ton. while no appreciate temperature
in the remaining six horses was OBJ
served.
Between the first and second test one
horse was destroyed by the owners.
AS this animal had given strong re-
a ction and showed no external symp-
toms of CHAMBERS. it was much re
GREETED by DR.. Norgaard that such ac-
ton was taken without notifying him,
as a post norton examina ton might
have thrown considerable light on the
conditions upon the premises in ques-
ton.
From the investigation made DR..
Norgaard felt justified in drawing the
conclusion that CHAMBERS had prevailed
on the plantation al MoiIiili for at
least several months. Also that it
stood to reason. which the mallein test
had fully demonstrated. that some of
the other animals coming in contact
with the one first affected had become
infected
PLAN OF ACTION.
DR.. Norgaard decided upon the fol-
lowing lines of procedure to deal with
the situation:
I'D. a strict separation of all of
the suspended animals from those
which have not reacted, the former un-
der no circumstances to come in con-
tact with any other horses mules or
asses. whether belonging to the same
or not. This would mean that
in no case shall any OF the suspects
lr0--n tNe premises OF the company in
question.