The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09

Warbasse, that farmer In
iowa not long ago discovered tina; one
OF his hogs was sick. lie was seriously
alarmed at tn prospect of losing al.
CT them, for he suspected iltat the
disease was Conta g.ous. Mt succeed
ing in curing the animal py any
treatment ne was able 10 give TO 1t, h
wrote to the Department of Agricul-
ture at Washington and promptly re-
ceived advice which enabled him TO
cure the hog and prevent the disease
from spreading among his others.
"One of his neighbors was greatly
Interested in the fact and as he was
himself alarmed about mysterious
a.lment that was affecting one after
another of his children. he also wrote
TO Washington for advice. He also
received a reply, but 1t was to the
effect that the Government could do
nothing for him. There is money in
hogs. but children are not articles Of
barter and trade. and it appears that
the Government does not therefore
concern itself about them.
'"The story IL particularly interest
ing to me-" he continued, because !
have devoted myself for some time to
the Job of putting before the public
the economic aspect OF health regula-
lions. II seems obvious that some
thing is radically wrong in the system
which results in such a g!arinS eX-
ample as that of the hogs and the
children"
DIR. Warhasse was formerly the
editor OF the Ner York state Medical
Journal and IL now the chief surgeon
Of the German Hospital in Brooklyn
He has done considerable public
speaking recently on the subject In
d!cated and his presentation Of facts
more or less familiar to the publ
has attracted the attention not only
OF his fellow members OF the medical
profession but of laymen also, IA.
advocates some radical changes IN
the methods now employed. What he
says in regard to the buhonic plague
scare of fifteen years ago is of specia
interest.
at appeared IL San Francisco. II
IL the disease known as the BLACK
death When IT appeared in LondoE
in the eighteenth century 1t killel
1000 people a day In Moscow
zoe, 900 people died. In Bombay there
were 100000 cases, with 10000
deaths. 1t is carried by hcas TO human
reings from rats, squirrels and Other
rodents. IL Is the most dreadful dis
ease with which international quaran
tine has to deal.
at broke out IN tho Chinese quar-
ter in San Francisco. The people WIZ
died were quietly disposed of, r.g.'
quarantine was established and thci
the commercial interests of the city
saw that to have it known tina
bubonic plague existed would be ba'
for business.
"The local department ~ health wa
compelled to falsify the diagnc sis an'
call il sometr ing cl'e Tho Judg'
of the United States court declared th'
quarantine illegal, being infiuerccd b!
the commercial sp.rI, Of San Fran
~ssco. and added, If il were within tn
i.YnviuCc OF this court TO decide tn
--nirt | should hold that there is no
now and never has been case o
plague in this city This remarkabl
judicial mandate might as well hav
gone on and decreed that there neve
will be case Of plague in this city
1.-THE experts OF the Marine Hospi
tnl Service found many cases. an
the Governor conspired with the loca
authorities to have the quarantin
stopped. The men who cortinuod t
md cases and report them were dis
ciplined for their temerity by the Sec
rotary of the Treasury.