The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1906-10-29
PERFECT NEST
OF CHAMBERS
AT MOILIILl
Two Horses Have Been KilIed--Ten infected
Animals Branded--Premises Disinfected.-
Or. Norgaard's Protective Measures.

A perfect nest of glanders, the most
loathsome disease of the equine tribe,
has been discovered in the environs of
Honolulu by DIR. Victor A. Norgaard,
the Territorial veterinarian, who has
taken the strongest measures for stamp
ing out the infection and preventing
its spread.
1t is in the stables of the Lung Du
Wal Rice Co. at Moiliili, about an
eighth of a mile from the church, that
the visitation has been revealed. Two
horses that had developed the malady
have already been destroyed, one by
DR. Norgaard g orders and the other by
the owners without having given the
official veterinarian any notice. Out
of twenty-five animals remaining ten
were shown, by the mallein test, to be
infected. This test is the generally ac
cepted one 1t indicates infection be
fore the disease has advanced far
enough to yield external signs, such as
the nasal discharge that constitutes
the medium of contagion.
Chambers is communicable and in
evitably fatal to man, causing, more
over, probably the most horrible death
that could overtake a human being.
Even hvdrophobia is not to be com
pared with it, and besides an antidote
for hydrophobia has been discovered.
The fact of its being a menace to the
lives of people brings glanders under
the cognizanee of public health author
tiles DR.. Norgaard, therefore, lacking
a proper equipment of the veterinary
service has received valuable assist !
ance from the health department IN dis
injecting the Moiliili pesthole.
THE PROTECTIVE MEASURES.
Yesterday morning DR.. Norgaard and
his assistant, DR.. Fitzgerald, went to
the stables of the rice company above
named and within four hours had a
herculean task performed. They were
assisted by G. Charlock and D. P.
Lawrence of the Board of Health staff
with the department s disinfecting en-
gine.
The ten infected horses were segre
on both hips with the monogram TV
(Territorial Veterinarian). Straw that
had formed the bedding of the horses f!
was burned in piles. The stalls and
feed boxes, the watering troughs, every !
bit of harness and gear, the walls and
roofs-even the entire area of the
stable yard-were drenched with solu- /
tion of corrosive sublimate, of one in
800 parts strength.
This is the letter lF. Norgaard |
wrote to the president of the Board |
of Health to obtain his cooperation:
Honolulu, October 81, 1906.
The Honorable the President of the
Board of Health, Honolulu, T. II. |
Sir: Pursuant to our conversation of
yesterday I beg herewith to request
the cooperation of the Board of Health
in the eradication of glanders among ,
horse stock in Honolulu.
That this dangerous disease, which is
transmissible to man and always with
fatal result, prevails here to an alarm
ing extent has been fully demonstrated, /
more than sixty cases having been de- !
stroyed by me during the past year.
In attempting to eradicate TINS !
disease il is of the utmost Importance /
that the premises where affected ami {
fected after the latter have been re- +
moved to quarantine or destroyed, and /
ii is in regard to this part of the work .
that 1 would especially solicit your CO.
operation.
The glanders bacillus VIII persist In !
water troughs and managers. or on sta
BILE utensils halters or harness for a /
considerable time after being discharg-
ed by an affected animal, and unless /
a thorough and scientific dislnfection
can be effected the danger of repeated /
outbreaks frorT the same source will
remain. |
AS this Office is utterly unproV1ded
with means for carrying out such
work. I have been compelled hitherto
to rely on private enterprise. more or
less experienced and more or less re
liable, and l have found in number
of cases that the work performed has
been ineffective.
At the present time I am dealing
with an outbreak of CHAMBERS among
the horses belonging TO the Lung Du
Wal Rice Co. at Moiliili There are
two stables with several yards, accom-
modating about q horses. Two horses
have been destroyed. and of the re-
naming %, ten have given typical re-
action to the mallein test for glanders.
These. however, will not be destroyed
until they show physical symptoms OF