actly at what place. The history of the i
case as 'given by his friend. Li Bo. who
lives in Washington alley, is as follows:
The man had been, sick for about ten
days, . having chilly sensations and; fever.
He grew rapidly worse a few days be
fore his arrival at the city, which com
pelled him to stop work. . He arrived in
Ban Francisco on the evening of April 23
and went Immediately to his friend's,
whom. he asked to take him in and care
for him as he was .very sick. LI Bo
not having room in Washington alley
took him to St. Louis place, a small alley
Just in the rear of the old theater, where
he (Li Bo) had retained a room, having
once. been an actor. . rie. took his friend
in this small room and • administered to
him until 5 o'clock in the afternoon 'of
the following day, when the patient. dled. !
He was removed to an ' undertaking es
tablishment on-Pacific . street .and -was
seen by Dr. Ke!lo?r, who made an exami
nation i of 'the body s and . found ; a - large,"
, - . NUMBER SEVEN.
Chu Sam, male, age S3. 1
This case was discovered on May 11. at
717 Jackson street. Dr. Wilson, the As
sistant Cltv Physician, in his ordinary
visits, discovered the corpse of this:man
*vot being able to satisfy himself of the
cause of. death, he asked Dr. Kellogg
to come * and .make tho autopsy. No one
saw- the ¦ case before death. He was seen
ten •¦hours after "death -br 'Dr. "Kellogg..
well defined swelling 1 in the right groin.
This 'was opened and found to consist of
a mass of large glands, and the direct ex
amination of which revealed the plague
organism in great numbers. Animal in
oculations were made, which conformed
in every particular. ' -. . ,.
.; V, NUMBER SIX.
First Chinese girl, from the gland
Short' bacillus with rounded ends, with
bi-polar stain. ¦ Many dtplo-bacllli scat
tered, throughout th<! field.
times* during the day. When the doctor
examined her it was discovered that she
was suffering from obstinate constipation
and acute pain in the abdomen on the
right side. . She made a diagnosis cf ty
phoid fever. On the following day the
temperature was less, pulse had increased
In frequency and the girl was delirious,
and she immediately »took steps to have
her removed to the Pacific Hospital. where
she died on Sunday morning. Dr. Hess,
the physician in charge, stated that the
girl arrived at the hospital in a moribund
condition. No clinical history could be
obtained from the case except that fur
nished by the attending physician, as the
girl was in a semi-comatose condition —
practically moribund. The girl died at 2
o'clock Sunday morning. When the case
was admitted the doctor examined it and
found practically the fame as had been
stated by the attending physician, particu
lar, attention being attracted toward the
trouble in 'the right ¦ side- This -was very
By Orders of the Board of Health Chinatown Is Once More Quarantined.
""•'¦ ... ¦• ¦ , i
rotmds the District.
THE Board of Supervisors held a
special meeting yesterday morn
ing, and after listening to the
statements made by Dr. William
son, chairman cf the Board of
Health: Assistant Surgeon of the Marine
Hospital Klnyoun. Dr. Bazet of the State
Board of Health. Vice President J. C.
Stubbs of the Southern Pacific Company,
and William F. Thomas, representing the
fruit canners. adopted resolutions empow
ering the Board of Health to quarantine
persons, houses, places and districts when
in its Judgment It 13 deemed necessary tc
prevent the spreading of contagious and
Infectious diseases. The ordinance went
into effect Immediately and thereupon the
Beard of Health adjourned to Its own
chambers and adopted resolutions in
structing the Health Officer to place a quar
antine In the district bounded by Broad
way. Montgomery avenue. Kearny. Cali
fornia and Stockton streets. The resolu
tions follow:
'"Whereas. After a careful and mlnut«
BOARD OF HEALTH ORDERS
CHINATOWN QUARANTINED
Supervisors Give It Proper Authority
and a Cordon of Folics Now Sur-
NUMBER TWO.
Vamr Chii Gan. male. nccC 22; died
March 15 at. 723 Sacramento street. ' .
The flrff case, discovered March's, was
that of Wing Chup Ging, male, age 41,
at 1901 Dupont street.
He first <*amo under the observation of a
Chinese physician -afier having been 111
Fix months. ar<-ordlr.c to the statement
of the Ir.tter. This is all that -,1s known
of the clinical.
bodies of the dead Chinamen and which
had been preserved by Dr. KInyoun of
the Marine Hospital and Dr. Kellogg,- the
bacteriologist of the Health Board. This
was getting- down to bottom facts. Every
question of diagnosis hinges upon the
microscopical demonstration of the actual
existence of the plague bacillus either In
rhe living or the dead body. And here
were the tests as presented by Drs. Kin
youn and Kellogg. Dr. KInyoun sent his
microscope and specimen slides and Dr.
Kellogg brought not only those micro
scopic preparations which he himself had
made but also several portions of in
fected organs ?aid to have been removed
from the nine dead todies which now
leave such mute but valuable testimony
for accurate scientific Investigation. All
of these specimens were examined witfl
great deliberation in connection with Drs.
ICinyoun and Ke.Iogg. the entire morning
being consumed in so doing. I personally
examined every specimen, and the exist
ence of the bubonic plague bacillus In all
of them admits of no shadow of doubt.
So sure as these were removed from the
bodies so sure am I that the cases In
point were those of plague. The history
of tho nine cases occurring from March
C to May 15 is very Interesting, and I make
po npology for the following fart? related
cor.jclntlv by Drs. KInyoun and Kellogp:
HISTORY OF TIIK CASES— NUMBER
I^atv An. aged 3S* died April 24, in St.
Louis n 1 1 c v. J flMfPatf*
Thi? man left the -city some; time ago.
probably at the date cf the first. exodus
vrhen the Health Board commenced its
inspection of Chinatown In March. He
went to work • on. a farm on . the Sacra
raento River. It'. was not ascertained ' ex-
NUMBER FIVE
L*c Sung -King, male, aged 47; died
March IS in Onelda place.
The body was discovered In an advanced
state of decomposition and supposed to
have been deaa for several days, and
there were no buboes observed. The
glands removed, however, were found to
be reddr-ned. but supposed. to have been
due to decomposition. Microscopical ex
amination revealed the presence of short,
round-ended bacilli in larere. numbers
which corresponded in all the tests sub
jected of the plague germ.
NUMBER FOUR.
Ng Ach Ging, male, aged 25; died March
17 at 905 Dupont street.
This case was one of the four which pre
sented the characteristics after death of
rapid decomposition, occasioning the
black appearance of the body which is so
commonly associated with the disease and
fiving to it the name of the "black
eath."
In the specimens removed from this
body the typical plaeue bacilli were found
with characteristic bl-polar staining— two
little blue snots ripht in the center
of the field. That organism decolors with
Gram's method and conforms to all the
culture tests of the plague organism. Thjs
organism was compared with two cul
tures: one from Bombay and one from
Kitasato, one of the leading bacteriolo
gists cf the world. '•' ;
NUMBER THREE.
In this case the authorities were not
able to get any clinical history-
And thK after aK. was the sample an
swer "to the question, showing the Mon
golian contempt for the advance of sci
ence. But there was nn#ther obiect In
view In taking thl? Inspection under the
most favorable circumstances of thor
oughness of search. The officer who ac
companied me. Sergeant OSbscn. was real
lv tne man who knew more of the Inner
life of Chinatown. Its good and bad aide,
than anybody who rou!d have been se
lected. Thus I rould eo anywhere and
come upon the different oerupantn of the
hovels as a privileged visitor. Serjeant
Gibson had a very peculiar way of an
nouncing his presence. A smart rap at
the door, a hello, the emphasis of a kick,
a few Chinese words unintelllsrlble to me.
and then the locked door was slowly
opened and we w»re grimly welcomed In-
Having snch facilities for inspection, the
main object of the visit— that «f seeir"s
any sick in Chinatown— was all that could
be wished for. Whenever I entered the
dimly lighted apartments T looked for
some sick person. In all the tour, how
ever, in all the search of nuarters inn<*
cessibte to other than the police *>r Health
Board, even in the highbinders' quarters,
those of the hatchetmen and murderer*,
no case of even suspected plague was to
be seen, nor illness of any kind.
There was no difficulty In obtalnlr.gr Indi
vidual views In regard to the value of the
medicine, a* the Chinese call It. There
was therefore no suspicion created when
the question was nut in turn as to wheth
er a particular Chinaman whom we met
had submitted to the treatment. In the
course of the conversation with each Chi
naman met the question was put to him.
"Did you get any of the medicine?" In
variably there was the omlnou" shake o*
the head, the shrus: of the shoulder so pe
culiar to the Chinaman. His mouth se«>m*
to crack or rather *plit open, as if It were
worked with p spring. The rorners of M3
mouth would be furrowed with perpendic
ular wrinkles showing only the mobile
part of his face, the re«t rtf the skin over
his« facebeinjr a v*m-v tight fit.
•'"What? I take medicine? No — no! Bad
medicine. Make sick. Man here go to
white doctor, feel wpII. No ask h!m «plt
medicine In arm. Mm feel pood. Next
day feyer burn uo. Cold In ba<*k. Sick
two days. "What for nil this? Make mn
sick? 'Get doctor? Chinaman hnv« be
rich get monev my doctor! BoarJ Health
no pood, you bet!"
NUMBER NINE.
Name, Herr Woon Jock; male, aged 33:
died May 14 at 740 Pacific street. This
patient had recently arrived from Stock
ton, was a tailor, and farther than this
the health authorities have been unable
to learn anything of the history of thJ
case.
Desiring to become acquainted as much
as possible with the conditions of China
town I took another opportunity of visit
ing the district last night under an escort
from the Chief of Police. As I had seen
Chinatown In daylight. I was anxious, for
certain obvious reasons, to visit it at
night, when the Inhabitants were more or
less at leisure and had congregated for
conference and amusement In their dif
ferent resorts; in other words. I desired
to see some of the home life of the Chi
namen. This intention was carried out as
far as possible without exciting any more
attention than would be occasioned by a
casual visitor. Opportunity were thus of
fered me of mixing freely with them and
In a purely friendly way.
It was the first time for a long period
when all the different amusements wero
In full blast: when Chinamen were freely
mingling with each other In social inter
cou,rse and crowding the sidewalks. It
was very evident, however, that there
was something cf a very serious character
which was disturbing the community, and
this was verv easily discovered to be In
connection vrlth the "threatened quarantine
of Chinatown, which in mysterious Ori
ental fashion had been reported to the
people. After the usual friendly saluta
•tJons with different groups th« -artf-eon-
Btltuted spokesman of the party with duo
concern would ask us If we had heard tho
news, and then almost In the same breath
would refer to the report concerning tha
threatened quarantine. There seemed to
be a unanimously adverse opinion against
this proposed act en the part of the Board
of Health, which was expressed In dif
ferent degrees of vehemence, with accom
panying emphatic gesticulations. .
'•"What for quarantine Chinamen? EThut
Chinamen up. business go to devil. No
plague here. What good . quarantine
plague when no plague? Want Chinaman
starve? No business. No go out Stat©
without medicine inject In arm. shoulder,
anywhere? "What for have medicine when
no sick and medicine make sick?"
painful on pressure, and he suspected
either perforation or appendicitis. No en
larged gland? were noted. The girl was
taken to a Chinese hospital, where the
body was spin by Dr. Kelioggr. the bac
teriologist of the Health Beard of San
Frar.c!.,r',; who made the post mortem
examination. Dr. Klnyoun was also pres
ent at the post mortem. On arj examina
tion* of the body a swelling was seen on
the inner side of th^ right thigh, which,
on removal, was found to be a mass of
enlarged g!ar:«ls». A portion of thl3 glandu
lar mass was given to Dr. Kinyoun. who.
Independently, made a miTnscopical ex
amination as well as nrtmal inocula
tions. Both of these examinations revealed
the presence of the plague organism.
The bacteriological preparation from
this rase was that of a spleen of a guinea
pig. inoculated from the gland taken
from a bubo of the subject. It contained
the short bacilli in enormous numbers.
having rounded ends, bi-pclar and many
diplo-baeilli. This is the only case of
which there is any clinical history-
Case eight was a girl who was seen on
the second day of her illness by a repu
table female physician. Dr. Worley. who
stated that she was called in to see this
girl and found her suffering from a high
fever. Temperature 105. headache, pros
tration and bordering on delirium. The
female said she had been sick for two
days previously with headache, backache
and giddiness, and had to He down several
NUMBER EIGHT.
The body presented nothing suspicious of
plague, with the exception that the tem
ppiature was ur.usuutly warm for that
periou after death. There were no bu
tx^es. It was> thought at that time that
the ea*e might have been one of beri
beri. Next day, thirty hours had elapsed
from the time of death, the body was
discovered to be in a very advanced stage
of decomposition, which is onff of the
post mortem conditions of the plagne.
and hence the common name of '"black
death." The heart muscle was degen
erated with pale yellowish and thin
walls. There was marked Intestinal con
gestion, with considerable blood In the
heart sac and in the abdominal cavity.
The spleen was very much enlarged, as
is usual in these eases. The inoculations
from the spleen were negative on ac
count of the advanced stage of decom
position of the organ. The inoculations
from the glands previously removed were
made as soon as possible after death,
with the result that the animals died—
typical Indications of the plague. The
animals were sruinea pigs, and they died
in six days with all the usual symptoms
of plague, which were corroborated by
the patholotrieal examination and the re
covery of plaeue organism from the blood
and spleen of the animal.
T^ESIRING to become acquainted as much as possible 'with the conditions of Chinatown', 1 took
fS another opportunity of visiting the district last night under an escort from the Chief of Police:
As I had seen Chinatown in daylight, I was. anxious for obvious reasons to visit it at night
when the inhabitants were more or less at leisure and hadlcongrc gated for conference and amusement
in their different resorts; in other zvords, I desired to sec same of the home life of the Chinamen.
Having such facilities for inspection, the main object of the visit, that of seeing any sick in
Chinctcziu, zees all that could be wished for. Whenever*!, entered the dimly lighted apartments I
looked for some sick person. In' ail the tour, hozL'CZ'cr, in all the search of quarters inaccessible to
other than the police or Health Bocvd, even in highbinders' quarters, those of the hatchet -men and
murderers, no case of even' suspected plague teas to be seen nor. illness of any kind. — Excerpt from
the second dax's report of Dr. George F. Shrady..
Coolies Evade at Will the Decree of the
* Officials and Reduce the Restrictions
Upon Them to an Absurdity*
Chinatown Placed Under Quaran
tine by Orders of the Local
Board of Health*
NO CASE OF ILLNESS OR
ANY KIND IN CHINATOWN
C&pyrle^t. WOO. »**• th« Hrrald Publishing
WHATEVER may be satd to the
contrary hero, there is In ny
cpir.lon rerta!^;-.- no disposition
ca the part of the medical mem
bers of the Health Beard of San Fran
cieco ncr of ?*e Marire Hospital service
to ¦withhold any scientific facts •which roar
fcssist toward developing the actual con-
in the District.
I>r. Shrady. the Fnncus Expert, Fails
to Find a Single Case of Illness
SEARCHING FOR DISEASE
IN DENS OF CHINATOWN
Chinatown is now theoretically in
quarantine. The Board of Health ap
peared yesterday before the Supervisors,
made its representations and was criven
permission to ¦ quarantine anv district
that the Health B<-*ard -believed should
be so supervised. Chinatown was there
fore pheed under quarantine and 100
police officers were sent to enforce the
order :n the district. The result wns not
by any means creditable to the Board
of Health, ns the quarantine is one only
in name. Chinese have absolute liberty
to communicate with their friends out
side o{ the district.
Goods ere passed freely in and out.
the Chinese having simply to $ro to the
line and transact their business. Street
cars, crowded with pzssenffers. traverse
the district without molestation. Chi
nese servants come and co practically
ss they please as long ns their violations
of the orders of the Health Board nre
rot too open. The quarantine is an ab
surdity. When it was first placed offi
cers would allow teamsters to leave the
district, but insisted upon retriininz
•within the district their teams. Notes
to. Chinese might be passed into the
iires but not out of them, and while
hundreds of coolies jabbered within the
lines on Stockton street hundreds more
on the v.-cst side cf the thoroughfare
r-,ade merry over th<* feet th*»t ih-oueh
the wisdom of the Health 3o;-rd thev
and their habitation* were free from re
striction. Last night the ' imprisoned
Chinese be£3ti an nzit?ticm which mnv
rnd in a demand upon the city to supplv
food to the denizens of the Quarantined
aparter. It is claimed that unless the
city Provides for the quarantined Chi
rese famine will result.
| OCAL and Federal health officials
I are now acting in hearty co-
L-_- operation with Dr. George
F. Shrady. the famous physician who is
in San Fmr.ci?co at the request of the
New York Herald and The Call to in
vestigate the circumstances which hsve
led to the widespread reports that bu
tonic plague exists in this city. The
grave importance of the mission of the
eminent specialist is universally con
ceded. 1 1 is ability in the field in which
he has won distinction is recognized and
the authorities without exception de
clare their confidence in hi« opinions.
The natter is of such serious moment
to the people of this citv that every
thing possible has been done to facili
tate the labors of Dr. Shrady and to as
sist him in reaching ihe conclusions
which will mean so much to San Fran-
CISCO.
As The Call has already announced, it
is ready to publish the actual conditions
in reference to this matter, whatever
they may be. If the bubonic placue i<
in Sen Francisco common justice dic
tates thst the people of the city should
know it in order that they may be
warned against contagion and be placed
in a position to stamp out the di seise
quickly and effectively. If the dread
disease :s not in the city the fact should
be proclaimed to the world in ordcr.that
the tremendous. injury new being in
fiicted by exaggerated and sensational
rumor shall not be allowed to continue
It is cycles* to distcnisc the fact t'iat
the people of this city are dissatisfied
srilh the rn-nr.er in .vhich local and
Federal officers have conducted ther-.
se!ve« in reference to the ?en c atioral de
velopment*. Re -idem <~>fncir<ls do not
pos c e c s the confidence of the peoole of
San Francisco, and it i= a matter of con
gratulation that an expert, in nrhose
opinions and conditions a universal
confidence U felt. i> here to make an.ex
h-::-rive .~n<i critical irrorriry. Whatever
Dr. 5hT-nJy nr*v discover or determine
The Call, in frufilJroent of its duty to the
people of the city, will publish.
. Dr. Shran.y has now finished his in
spection of the flides tarnished to him
by the local Board of Health and by
Federal Quarantine Officer Dr. J. J.
Kinyoun. These slides, the local cfin
cisi? declare, were nude from snecimens
taken from dead Chinese in this city.
Dr. Shrady has made a pcrsoml exami
nation of them and-says that thev show
conclusive evidence that thev are bu
bonic plague. The greit expert doe?
not concern himself with the reliability
of the ]r cz) officials, b«.U confines him
self solely to his opinion of the charac
ter of the germs submitted to him.
He has also made another tour of
Chinatown and declares positively and
emphatically that after a thorough in
spection of the Chinese quarter in places
where only the police and health official*
may gro he has been unab'e to discover
a single ccse of any illness, much
less a case of bubonic plajrue. He will
continue his investigations until he hi c
exhausted every avenue of inanity and
information, and The Call will publish
rns reports as he makes them without
. any effort whatever to color or distort
Dr. George F* Shracly Critically
Examines Germ Specimens Sup
plied by Health Officers*
The Famous Expert Gives His Impressions
of tht Conditions Prevailing in the Filth
District of the City*
ditlon of the much-mooted and at present
all-abpcrblns question of the plague sit
uation.
I certainly have no reason to complain
of any want of facilities in that direction.
As "proof of this I have had the rare
privilege cf examining; all the plague cul
tures said to have been removed from the
INVESTIGATING EXPERTS INSPECT CHINATOWN AND
FAIL TO FIND A SINGLE CASE OF ANY ILLNESS
VOLUME LXXXVII-NO. 191.
SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1900.
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