The Bubonic Plague in San Francisco
The Bubonic Plague in San Francisco.—The California State Journal of Medicine, in its November issue, quotes with no disapproval at least, a long chronicle of the bubonic plague in San Francisco, from American Medicine of Nov. 8, 1902. Here is a paragraph from the last named journal:— Since March 8, 1900, there have been 88 cases recorded in California, 15 of this number occurring since Sept. 9, 1902. It is rumored that many other cases have occurred which were not reported. The strange persistence in the policy of concealment on the part of the political and commercial authorities in San Francisco is thus having the result of which we have repeatedly given warning. It is not improbable that cases of plague are occurring in many parts of the West and South. We hope the officers of the Marine Hospital Service will extend their investigations into these sections, and that the policy of publicity and absolute frankness may prevent the appalling calamity that is bound to follow secrecy in these matters.