Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-15
Three New Victims of Hy.
gienic Laboratory Personnel
Include Dr.. H. E. HasseItine.
NONE IN DANGEROUS
CONDITION, is BELIEF
Director Says Labors Have Result.
ed in Isolation of Probable
Cause of Disease.

With seven victims Of parrot fever on
its STAFF, the Hygienic Laboratory of the
United States Public Health Service has
decided to suspend for time its work
with sick parrots, it was announced to-
day by DR.. George w. Mccoy, director
Of the laboratory.
Three new victims from the stan are
at Naval Hospital today suffering from
the mysterious tropical disease.
The work already has resulted In the
isolation of flterable virus from the
blood Of sick parrots, by which it has
been possible to transmit the disease to
other birds, DR.. Mccoy said, and hence
is believed to be the responsible or
ganism.
we believe we have reached a point
where no more work with parrots is
essential at this time" DR.. Mccoy said.
just what We will do next I do not
know. We have all been so exctted
over these latest cases. If it IL re-
sumed some other method must be fol-
None Dangerously ILL.,
The latest sufferers are:
DR.. H. E. HaSSeltine, 3126 Thirtv-
eighth street, Public Health Service
surgeon and expert on undulant fever.
Ernest L. Millar, 1880 Oak street.
teur athlete.
Fred Blackwell, 1917 Half street
northwest, colored janitor at the n.y.
gienic Laboratory.
None Of the new victims is believed
70 De dangerously Ill. None was in
direct contact, so far as Is known. with
the infected birds of the psittacosis
virus. DR.. Hasseltine worked in an
other department. Of the laboratory and
was concerned with the undulant fever
Work. Mr.. Millar was EMPLOYED In c1Il-
tivating the media In which the parrot
lever organisms are placed to form 4
culture, put so far as is known he had
no contact with the developing cultures
themselves. Blackwell's work as janitor
brought him into no direct Connection
with the psittacosis work.
Inc work OF the Hygienic Laboratory,
which has succeeded In obtaining q
nlterable virus, an ultranlicroscopic
organism OF some kind too small ever to
be seen under the most powerful glasses,
but which will go through q clay hitter,
has resulted in one death, that Of EIar.
ry Anderson, laboratory attendant, who
Cd4c0 4OI tLS SICK pLt0S.
Others ON List.
Other victims are DR.. Charles Arm
strong, Public Health Service surgeon,
who was engaged directly In the work;
Mrs. Sadie Carlin, 818 Sixth street
northeast, bacteriologist, now at Provi-
dence Hospital, and Robert Lanham,
watchman, who lives near Walkers
Chapel, Va.
Mr.. Millar was taken to Naval Hos.
pital last night and this morning the
malady was diagnosed as 'pSittacosis
for all practical purposes" Certain
diagnosis is practically impossible In
the early stages of the disease. He had
been III at his home since Wednesday,
and when DR.. George w. Mccoy, direc-
tor Of the hygienic laboratory, was
called by members of the family he
advised his removal at once to Naval
Hospital.
Millar was well known as an amateur
athlete, being manager Of the Potomac
Boat Club basket ball team and one of
the board Of managers of the District
Amateur Athletic Union. He Is married
and has one child.