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Blue, Rupert, 118, 119–25, 126, 127–31, 132–35, 136–37, 138, 140, 141, 142–43, 145, 152, 153, 154–56, 157–58, 159–61, 163, 164–68, 176, 177–78, 179–80, 186, 187–89, 190, 191–93, 194–96, 197–99, 200–201, 202–3, 204–5, 206–7, 209–10, 211, 212–16, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222–29, 230–31, 232–33, 240–43, 245, 246
childhood of, 118–19
reputation of, 118
Blue, Sallie, 225
Blue, USS, 245
Blue, Victor, 119–21, 122, 123, 124, 130–31, 142, 245
Bluefields (Blue plantation), 119, 120
Blumenbach, Johann, 35–36
Blunt, W. F., 72
Board of Health, California, 72–73, 75, 81, 84, 125, 238, 239–40
Board of Health, Louisiana, 150
Board of Health, San Francisco, 6, 7, 22, 45, 46–47, 53, 56, 58, 61, 67, 71, 94, 95, 143, 144, 150, 184
Bock, Charles, 161
Bombay, 109, 138, 210
Bowers, Margaret, 191
Bowers, Otis, 191
Boyle, J. A., 68
Brighton, Calif, 27
British Columbia, 153
Brooklyn Eagle, 32
brothels, 39
Brown, Benjamin, 237
Brualla, Medrano, 236, 246
Bryan, Linda, 127
buboes, 50, 52, 107
bubonic plague, 4–5, 22, 43
bacillis responsibility for, 48–52
in China, 4
in Honolulu, 23–24
progression of, 51–52
quarantines due to, 59
reappearance of, 4
transmission of, 51
travel restrictions in, 6
vaccine for, 65–66
burial permits, 42
Cagliari, Guido, 184
Calcutta Journal of Medicine, 211
California, 31–32, 77, 148, 149–52, 153, 154, 176, 193, 194, 202, 214, 218, 219, 220–21, 234, 238, 239, 240, 242, 244
Chinese immigrants in, 38–39
economy of, 108
fruit crop of, 83
plague denial in, 111–12
racial quarantine on, 71–73
racism in, 35–37
travel ban in, 88–91
California, University of, 104
at Berkeley, 63, 144, 179
“California and the Californians” (Jordan), 34–35
California Medical Society, 197
California Theater, 171
Call Building, 33, 172, 176
Campbell, J. C., 85–86
Camp Devens, 229–30
Canon of Medicine, The (Sina), 138
Canton, China, 4
Canton Medical School, 2–3
Carmen (opera), 169–70
Carnegie, Andrew, 11, 15
Carnegie Laboratory, 15–16
Carter, Henry Rose, 114
Caruso, Enrico, 169–70
Casarino, Joseph, 21
Casey, John, 185
Centers for Disease Control, 246
Central Pacific, 31
Chadwick, Edwin, 62
Chalmers, Dr., 57–58
Chamber of Commerce, Los Angeles, 238, 239
Chamber of Commerce, San Francisco, 76, 97
Chandler, Harry, 241
Charity Hospital, 225, 226
Charleston, S.C., 243
Chew Ban Yuen, 140–41
Chew Soo, 162, 163
Children’s Hospital, 96
China, 4, 175
China West Daily, 54
Chinese Exclusion Act (1882), 38–39
Chinese immigrants, 36–37, 38–39, 42
Chinese Six Companies, 39, 54, 69, 74, 85, 93, 94, 116, 125, 133, 134, 135, 143, 146, 187
plague victims hidden by, 105
Chinese Western Daily, 63, 68, 74, 147, 157
Chin Kee, 144–45
Chin Mong Yung Shee, 145
Chin Mon Way, 186–87
Chin Moon, 64
cholera, 16, 17, 30, 62, 113
Chong Mon Dow, 7
Chu Ah Chon, 104–5
Chu Gam, 58
Chu Sam, 64
Circuit Court of Northern California, U.S., 71
Citizens Health Committee, 200, 213
City and County Hospital, San Francisco, 164, 184, 185
City Council, Los Angeles, 240
City Hall, Los Angeles, 235
City Hall, New Orleans, 226
City Hall, San Francisco, 33–34, 174, 182
Civil War, U.S., 7, 14, 118
Clark, Thomas Jefferson, 170–71
Cliff House, 83
Cockerel, Francis, 100
Colombo, Angelo, 100
Commercial Advertiser, 8
Concord, Calif., 166–67, 215
Cone, Douglas S., 90
Congress, U.S., 18, 146, 168, 228, 231, 240
Conservatory of Flowers, 33
Constantinople, 138
Conti, Francisco, 184
Conti, Ida, 184
Contra Costa County, Calif., 161, 162, 166–67, 179–80, 215, 219, 220
Coolidge, Calvin, 240
Coombs, Frank L., 90, 91, 92
Coptic, 96–97
corruption, 33, 47, 76–77
Cosmopolitan, 41
Costello, Mary, 190
Crowley, D. D., 73
Cryer, George, 240
Cuba, 148
Cuka, Katie, 163
Cummings, Hugh, 232, 239–40, 241–42
Cutter, William M., 89, 97–98, 113–14
Dang Hong, 80
Danville, Calif., 161
Danysz, Jean, 160
Danysz virus, 160, 165
Darwin, Charles, 35
Defoe, Daniel, 5
Democrats, 148, 194
Denver, Colo., 60
Deong Yuen Yum, 150
de Young, Charles, 193
de Young, Michael Henry, 193–95, 206
Dickie, Walter, 238
diphtheria, 15, 17, 48, 51
first antitoxin to counteract, 18
disease:
concept of, 16
germ theory of, 61–62
disinfecting machines, 18
Disney, Walt, 241
Downey, Calif., 148
Downs, P. L., 131
East Bay, 162, 180, 215, 216, 219, 220
Ecuador, 153
Emerson, Nathaniel, 7–8
Europe, 125
medical training in, 17–18
Evans, George, 197
Evans, Robley D., 209
Exclusion Act, 146
Fairmont Hotel, 209, 213
Farias, Joe, 215
Fat, Tom Chin, 135
Fenner, Max, 171
Ferry Building, 33, 161, 170, 174
Field, Charles Kellogg, 175
Field, Stephen Johnson, 30–31
Fiji Islands, 231
Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco, 175
Flexner, Simon, 102–11
Florida, 223, 242
Fong, 1–2
Fong Ah Fong, 106–7
Food and Drug Administration, U.S., 10
Fook Lung grocery store, 133–34
formaldehyde, 45
Fortier, Samuel, 179
Fort Point, 21
Fox, Carroll, 210
France, 232
France House, 136
Fresno, Calif., 148
Fruit Growers Convention, 220
funeral homes, 42
Funston, Frederick, 175
Gage, Henry, 82–85, 89, 93, 96, 97, 98–99, 103–4, 126, 143, 148–49, 150, 151, 244
independent commission and, 107–9
Washington delegation assembled by, 109
Galveston, Tex., 123
gambling, 40
Gassaway, James, 55
Geary, Thomas, 38–39
Geary Act (1892), 38–39
Gentleman’s Agreement, 194
George, Henry, 31–32
George Washington University, 244
German Hospital, 136, 161
Germany, 231
germ theory of disease, 61–62
Gilbert Islands, 6
Gillett, James, 200, 213, 214
Glass, Carter, 232
Glennan, Arthur, 148–49, 152
Globe Hotel, 40, 45, 79, 96, 245
Goldberger, Joseph, 224
Golden Gate Park, 33, 175, 176, 209
Gold Rush, 26–31, 35, 38, 169, 185, 200
Goller, John, 37
Grand Opera House, 169
Grant, Ulysses S., 77
Grayson, Cary T., 232
Great Lakes, 125
Great Sanitary Awakening, 156
Great White Fleet, 199, 200, 202, 206, 208–10
Gregoras, Nicephorus, 138
Grist, Roy, 229–30
Guadalcanal, Battle of, 245
Guthrie, Joe, 121
Haffkine, Waldemar Mordecai, 65
Haffkine serum, 65–70, 83, 88, 105, 129, 130, 164, 179
Hall of Records, 174
“halls of tranquility,” 41–42
Han dynasty, 41
Harper’s, 194
Hawaii, 1–8, 96, 167, 194, 210, 221, 222, 245
Hay, John M., 74, 83, 85, 147
Health Department, U.S., 199
Hearst, William Randolph, 59–60
Herbert, George, 3
Herrera, Thomas, 190
Herr Woon Jock, 64
Hill, Margaret Francis, 23
Hitler, Adolf, 231
Hoffman, Walter, 4
Hong Kong, 2–3, 4, 5, 20, 48–49, 51, 57, 102, 109, 112, 150, 210, 211
Hong Quai, 145
Honolulu, Hawaii, 3, 44, 96
burning of buildings in, 7–8, 24–25
Chinatown in, 1, 6, 24, 25
firestorm in, 24–25
plague in, 6–7, 23–24
quarantine of, 6–7, 25
Hoo Hing Bong, 147–48
Horn Kong Newspaper Company, 145
Hotel Europa, 136, 137, 155
“How to Catch Rats” (Rucker), 192
Hyman, Jose, 184
Ikea, Miyo, 129
immunology, 57
Inaki, Fuku, 128, 129
India, 5, 212
Indochina, 49
inguinal gland, 80
inoculation, 66
International Congress on Hygiene and Demography, 223–24
Iowa, 223
Iquique, Chile, 221
Irwin, Will, 33
Islais Creek, 203
Italy, 124
Jackson Street Theater, 158
Jamestown Exposition, 168, 180, 186
Japan, 194, 222, 245
Jellinek, E. O., 47
Johnson, Ethel, 6–7
Jordan, David Starr, 34–35
Journal of the American Medical Association, 10
Journal of the Plague Year (Defoe), 5
Kalloch, Isaac Smith, 193
Kaumakapili Church, 24
Kawaiaha’o Church, 25
Kawamura, Ume, 129
Kearney, Denis, 36, 37
Kearny, Stephen W., 235
Kellogg, William, 43, 48, 53
Kentucky, 223, 230
killing airs, 41
King, Homer, 213, 214
Kinyoun, Bettie, 17, 18
Kinyoun, Conrad, 93
Kinyoun, John (Joseph’s father), 14–15
Kinyoun, John (Joseph’s son), 18
Kinyoun, Joseph, 9–10, 43, 48, 52, 54–55, 58, 59, 62, 64, 68, 71–73, 85–87, 95, 96–103, 110, 111, 112–14, 117, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 133, 135, 149, 150, 159, 202, 212, 222, 244, 245
on Angel Island, 12–13, 18–23
attempted bribery of, 76
attempted murder arrest of, 115
California travel ban enacted by, 88–91
childhood and education of, 14–15
and Chinatown quarantine, 75–87
cholera bacilli identified by, 17
contempt charge against, 91–94
criticism of, 56–57
daughter’s death and, 17–18
Detroit transfer of, 110, 114
and dislike of California, 76–77
epidemic identified by, 65
European studies of, 17–18
farewell dinner for, 10–11
independent commission and, 102–11
on “infamous compact,” 112
Kitasato and, 51
at Marine Hospital Service, 16–17
in move to San Francisco, 11–12, 18
in New York, 15–16
Nippon Maru and, 21–25
personality of, 13–14, 52–53
press criticism of, 90
racism of, 69
reputation of, 114–15
secrecy requested by, 65
Shrady and, 77–78
Staten Island bacteriology laboratory and, 17
warehouses rented by, 75–76
Kinyoun, Susan Elizabeth Perry “Lizzie,” 9, 11, 15, 55
Kitasato, Shibasaburo, 48–51, 54, 138
Klondike Gold Rush, 59
Kobe, George M., 10–11, 50
Koch, Robert, 17, 48, 49
Kong Tai Heong, 3
laboratory science, 24
Laguna Honda Hospital, 185
Lajun, Francisca, 235
Lajun, Jesús, 235, 239
Lajun family, 236
Lake Merritt, 177
Latta, S.C., 120
Lee, Robert E., 118
Lee Mon Chou, 131
Lee Sung Kong, 58
Lee Wing See, 140
Legion of Honor, 232
Leo XIII, Pope, 124–25
Levi Strauss & Co., 200
Li, Dr., 6
Li Khai Fai, 1–4
Lim Fa Muey, 64
Lincoln, Abraham, 14, 31
Little St. Francis hotel, 187
Livingstone, David, 49
London, England, 62, 125
1665 outbreak in, 5
London, Jack, 173
Los Angeles, Calif., 109, 148, 234–42, 244, 245–46
race riots in, 37
racism in, 36–37
Los Angeles County, Calif., 221, 241
Los Angeles General Hospital, 236, 237, 238
Los Angeles Plaza, 234, 246
Los Angeles River, 234
Los Angeles Times, 238, 241
Louisiana, 72, 150, 153, 245
Lundene, Charles, 225
lymph nodes, 52
lynchings, 37
Macarthur, Walter, 214
macrophages, 52
Maner, George, 237
Manila, 195
Manufacturers and Producers Association, 60
Marine Health Service, 67, 97, 110, 124, 125, 165, 168
Marine Hospital Service, 9–11, 19, 20–21, 22, 23, 55, 71, 85, 86, 88, 89, 91, 94, 99, 114, 115, 116–18, 122, 123, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 135, 136, 140, 142, 143, 145, 147, 148, 149–50, 156, 159, 188, 207, 221–22, 244
uniform of, 18
see also Public Health Service, U.S.
Marion, S.C., 119, 142, 228, 243
Marseille, France, 140
Marshall, James, 26–27, 28, 29
Maryland, 153
Maryland, University of, School of Medicine at, 121–22
Mazatlán, Mexico, 59, 151
McKinley, William, 71, 89–90, 91, 97, 103, 109
Medical Sentinel, 124
medical training, 17
Memphis, Tenn., 226
Mendocino, Calif., 183
Mendoza, Guadalupe, 184
Merced County, Calif., 220
Merchant Association, 67, 189
Merchant Exchange Building, 198
Metropolitan Opera Company, 169
Mexican American War, 235
Mexico, Gulf of, 123
miasma, 16
microscopes, 15
Miller, Joaquin, 172
Milwaukee, Wis., 5, 125, 141, 142, 143, 153<
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Minegishi, A. I., 157
Mission, George Bernard, 174
Mission Rock, 75–76
Mississippi, 61
Mississippi River, 226
Mongolianism in America (Bancroft), 36
Moon Li Chee Yung, 95
Moraga, Calif., 167
Morrow, William, 71–72, 85, 87, 90–91, 92, 93, 96
Mount Lee, 241
Murphy, William, 94–95
Musto Marble Works, 184
Naples, Italy, 169
Napoleon I, Emperor of France, 119, 233
National Hygienic Laboratory, 17
National Institutes of Health, 244
Naval Club House, 209
Navy, U.S., 71, 175, 199, 200, 230, 245
Nelson, Charles, 97
Nevada, 208
New Haven, Conn., 149
New Helvetia, 26
New Mexico, 223, 246
New Orleans, La., 225, 226–27, 233, 241, 245
New York, N.Y., 15, 17, 156, 227
child mortality in, 16
sanitary survey in, 61
New York Herald, 28, 77, 78, 79, 123
New York Journal, 59, 61
New York Times, 227
Ng Ach Ging, 58
Ng Ah Bock, 106
Ng Chan, 133–35
Ng Poon Chew, 68
Nippon Maru, 20–23, 43
Norfolk, Va., 168
Norfolk Navy Yard, 245
Norway, 191
Novy, Frederick, 102–11
Novy, Grace, 103
Oakland, Calif., 125, 145, 148, 162, 174, 176, 177, 179, 180, 219, 220
Chinatown in, 177
Oak Township, Mo., 14
O’Brien, Aloysius, 42–43
Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company, 96
Occidental Hotel, 153
Occidental Medical Times, 99, 103, 111
O’Leary, Jeremiah, 184
Oliver, Robert Shaw, 175
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 61
O’Neill, James, 171
On the Origin of the Species (Darwin), 35
On the Unity of Mankind (Blumenbach), 35–36
opium dens, 39, 95
Orange County, Calif., 221
Oregon, 208
Organized Labor, 181–82
Oso Cigar Factory, 131
Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church (Los Angeles), 236, 246
Pacheco, Calif., 161
Pacific Coast Steamship Company, 59
Pacific Fleet, 209, 245
Pacific Mail Steamship Company, 108–9
Pacific Trades Council, 182
Palace Hotel, 11, 45, 78, 107, 170
Panama, 221
Panama Canal, 226
Pardee, George, 148, 149–50, 154, 160, 174, 177
Paris, France, 125, 138
Partington, Blanche, 169–70
Pasteur, Louis, 17, 49, 65
Peace, Mrs., 89
Pearl Harbor, Japanese attack on, 245
personal hygiene, 62
Phelan, James D., 35, 37–38, 46, 53, 64, 67, 144, 199, 244–45
Philadelphia, Pa., 227, 230
Philippines, 102, 130
plague, 20, 21, 46
burning of buildings infested with, 7–8
pneumonia, 50, 54
Polk, James, 28
Port Costa, 167
Porter, Giles, 234, 235