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3.
arrival in Hongkong, nearly
491
six
years ago,
I took up the question from this particular stand point, and since then have carried out, from time to tume, and throughout
various spidemics, a
large Number of
Experiments which bear directly upon this special subject.
In 1902 I was in Hongkong when Professor Simpson carried out his plapses rxperiments. He Yes
a boost varied series of animals- -oven, sheep, pigs, fowls, rats, Etc, - with
human tissues and cultures teeming with
been
already
B. pestis. His results have made Known to science in his "Report on t the causes and continuance of Plague in! Hongkong, 1903" and in his ficellent treatise on Plage published in 1905.
there would appear to be aw Element of scepticism in the minds of many plagne specialists as to the exact value of these Experiments, and the proper interpretation to put upon them. As I was a witness to most of them,
the following remain
...may.