The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-06-05

by several persons, but under cir
make their future recognition inn
: possible.
Doctor Norgaard presented his
conclusions as veterinarian, based
on a careful study Of the outbreak
and expressed the same opinion as
he afterwards made in an inter
view. He stated, also, last night
that he had talked with DR.. DON
aid II. Currie, head Of the leptosy
investigation work here OF the
United States Public Health Ser
vice, who has done a great deal of
work on the anthrax question, and
that Doctor Currie felt convinced
that no other theory than that Of
deliberate intent wonld satisfact-
orily explain the strange and un-
precedented Moiliili outbreak.
Face Grave Situation 4
There was no official meeting Of the
two boards yesterday, as neither OF
them could obtain a quorum, but the
members went over the statements Of
the experts with grave faces and con-
centrated attention. H. f.. Wichman,
new member of the board Of health,
was present at the conference.
The evidence as presented before the
members and as afterwards related by
Doctor Norgaard is mainly technical
and the conclusion rests largely upon
the experts intimate acquaintance
with this disease. is3
The points upon which the theory of
deliberate inoeulation Of these COWS, is
founded are as follows, in addition to
Farm evidence Of the suspicious oc-
eurences around his corral: i,"U
Corroborating Evidence FL .e..
~ /. The outbreak occurred Just forty
eight hours after this nocturnal com,
motion and trespassing, fortyeight
hours being the incubation period Of
the disease. I,ss
T., 2. The feed, against which suspicion
first fastened itself, has been shown to
be free from any infection. 5.,l.
w. 3. The yirulence of the disease was
almost unprecedented, the clinical his.
tory of each case showing that the inoc.
culation had been in larger quaint.
ties than could be had in any normal
manner. b." st a"N,a
a. The suddenness with which the
outbreak occurred and the large mum.
Der Of cows smitten, the food being al.
most the only other channel which
could account for this fact and this
being discounted by Point 2.
Not Natural Event .tss .a
The total picture of this epidemic was
eontrasted last night by Doctor Nor.
guard with a hypothetical picture Of
I'm outbreak such as would be caused by
natural means such as the importation
of the germ in feed. ',a.ss+
Thus In this instance is found TWEEN.
ty'six animals practically infected over.
night, and with so yirulent form of the
disease that they are dead almost be.
fort their illness is discovered. rs.t
the hypothetical picture is that of
single COW slowly taking i'll and Ian.
gushing, finally dying and being bur.
led without suspicion and being fol.
lowed by another case only at long
interval. . -
Taking up these four points, one by
one last night, Doctor Norgaard OF
course, laid stress upon the first point
his suspicious Of the real nature Of the
epidemic having been aroused when
Farm first related the unusual events
ont.
In regard to the second point, Doctor
+ Norgaard pointed out that identieally
the same feed which the Territorial
Dairy COWS were given was spread
amongst dozen different diaries in this
city and OF, other islands, and that not
even single suspicious case developed
among the other herds Every possible
system Of detecting other eases has been
exhausted by the territorial and city
governments, IL was stated yesterday
The most minute examinations of the
feed bacteriologieally has failed TO re,
veal anything. All officials Yesterday
agreed that the feed could be eliminated
as the source of the infection.
Point 3 was brought out in the In,
formal meeting yesterday by Acting
President Kirk Porter, who questioned
Doctor NOrgaard about the unusual
.yirulence of this outbreak, feature Of
the affair that the territorial veterin
aran went into fully last night. AL
the evidence, he believes, proves con
clusiyely that the disease was intro
duced into this herd by heavy inoeula
tiOn Of the germ in some manner, eithe
through the feed then In the bins, or tn,
water, or direct injection, or some othe