The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-10-30

cording to law. None OF the infected
4, horses may be worked along with
+ those not infected. nor may any har-
ness or tackle be used INTERCHANGEABLE
> upon the sound and the unsound ami
mails. Special officers will. moreover
= he detailed to visit the premises with.
= out notice of their coming to see that
no precaution against infection is re
Taxed. Whenever an infected animal
reaches the contagious stage of the
disease it will be destroyed. DR.. Nor
gard allows animals that have simply
, shown reaction from the mallein test
, to live meanwhile, because If he had
them destroyed in the symptomatic pc
rioi 1t would be an unnecessarily hard
blow to the owners. The rice planters
, generally have had hard time OF It
/ for some years past. Yet the price of
, this concession to the Lung Du Wal
people is their honest cooperation with
the authorities in stamping out the Wis.,
itation.
HISTORY OF VISITATION.
Besides the facts OF this visitation of
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
erinaran to an Advertiser reporter,
who witnessed the quarantine per-
formances yesterday morning, will be
of interest.
On October the office OF the Terri
torial Veterinarian was requested by
Mr.. Snglehurst of the plantation
agency to send n veterinarian to the
Lung Du Wal Rice Co.'S stables at
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, 1t was destroyed. The
post mortem 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
nation 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
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 imprson-
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 90 horses remaining test
ed with mallein. For the convenience
of the owners the following Saturday
and Sunday were selected for the first
test of II horses, and Drs. Norgaard
and Fitzgerald went to Moiliili on Sat
urday afternoon. october 10, for the
purpose of taking temperatures and In
jecting the mallein.
CHINESE WE'RE 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
sistance he selected the animals to be
tested, and that same evening IL horses
were injected with mallen.
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 DR..
Fitzgerald to return to Honolulu anu
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 lOi and LOG de-
grees. AS none of these had any eie-
walton of temperature before injection
1t was concluded by the veterinarians
that they had reacted typically to the
test or, in other words. there was
very strong probability that they were
infected with the CHAMBERS bacillus. on
the following Saturday the remaining
eleven horses were injected, the result
showing five that gave typical reac-
ton, while no appreciable 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-
action and showed no external symp-
toms of CHAMBERS II was much re-
GREETED by DR.. Norgaard that such ac-
ton was taken without notifying him,
as a post mortem examination 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 at Molliili for at
least several months. Also that 1t
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:
"GD. A strict separation of all OF
the suspended animals from those
which have not reacted, the former IN
der no circumstances to come In con-