30
3/
18.
Early
in March it
was deemed advisable, in view
of the possibility of the disease assuming an epidemic form, to procure extra medical as sistance and, by the courtesy of Admiral Hoffmann, I was fortunate enough to be able to secure the services. of D!?
Dr Wilm
the Imperial German Navy,
of the
whose eminent attainments
asa
bacteriologist and inti-
mate acquaintance with this. particular disease, which he
had
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had previously studied here as well as under Professor Koch - in Berlin render him a most valuable acquisition to the ~ Government Medical staff. He arrived here from Japan on the
14th March, since which time
he has been actively engaged
in
: treating patients at the ~ Kennedy Town Hospital.
19.
With regard to the
origin of the plague, there~ seems no doubt that it may
be classed as a
filth disease.
It