Although this disease has not yet quite disappeared, it is practically, we hope, over for this year, and, according'to Dr. Yersin, its terrors are not likely to be great in future, Tu an interview with the represent ative of the morning paper, the eminent French scientist said that he had taken charge at Amoy of 23 cases of plague, and injected the serum into all those patients. Of these, fifteen were, to his knowledge cured, two died, and the remainder he could not speak to, having left before the results could be ascertained. The doctor said the serum took twelve hours to work a cure if, administered when the disease first manifests itself. His supply of serum was exhausted. The disease, he mentioned, was still very bad in Amoy when he left. Subsequent advices state that it is declining.
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