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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 



Detention Baeeacks, Maeivales Quaeantine, Philippine Islands. 



and a larger force would be able to do even better work. The immi- 

 grant hospital on Ellis Island during the year mentioned cared for 

 5,141 aliens, in addition to 720 cases of acute contagious disease which 

 were transferred to the State Quarantine Hospital at the entrance to the 

 harbor pending completion of the present excellent contagious disease 

 hospital on Ellis Island. There is possibly no place in the United 

 States where a similar variety of interesting and unusual cases can be 

 seen as at the Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital. Drawn from every 

 race, nation and climate, one can see there all the usual varieties of 

 disease and, in addition, peculiar tropical affections, unusual skin 

 lesions and obscure internal disorders of the most diverse description. 

 This hospital is excellently conducted and reflects credit on the profes- 

 sional skill of the officers in charge, as well as being a godsend to the 

 immigrants who constitute its sole source of patients. 



Next to Ellis Island the larger immigration points are Boston, with 

 45,865 entries; Philadelphia, with 45,0'23; Baltimore, with 22,866; 

 and then San Francisco, Galveston, Seattle, Honolulu and Tampa. 

 Medical examination of incoming aliens is conducted at forty-five points 

 besides the preliminary advisory, inspections made by medical officers 

 detailed to consulates in foreign countries. 



The annual report of the surgeon general for the last fiscal year 

 contains an account of many valuable and interesting lines of investiga- 

 tion conducted by service officers. One of the most notable achieve- 

 ments was the transmission of measles from man to monkeys, the first 

 time this has ever been accomplished. Contrary to the erroneous pop- 



