354 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECTIONS. 
The recent outbreak of Small-pox on the M.M.S.S. 
‘“¢ Océanien. 
By J. Asusurnton Tuompsoy, M.D. (Brux.), San. Sci. Cert. 
(Camb.) 
[Read before the Sanitary Section of the Royal Society of N.S. W., 
19 October, 1886.] 
THE subject of quarantine, although of great practical importance, 
is not, perhaps, of very general interest ; and I feel that some few 
words of explanation are necessary before I venture to occupy 
your time with the brief account of the recent case of the “ 
been pursued under the very same circumstances, 
only a day or two previously, at Melbourne. At that port ia 
vessel was regarded as clean, and she was admitted to free pra 
tique; here, she was regarded as infected, and she was detained 
in quarantine for some days. I do not think that so marked & 
difference of practice, and one so puzzling to shipowners and 
general public, should pass without comment; and I believe the 
facts of the case may profitably occupy your attention for a 1¢W 
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“ Océanien,” after an uneventful v e of the usu c 
pox. The passenger was shut up by himself in an ary 
first-class cabin ; the officer was shut u rhe La. aan all 
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is on the same deck amidships ; and the cook was placed ™ an 
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