Plague, Fear, and Politics in San Francisco's Chinatown

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Index Abrams, Albert, 215, 349n101 alleys, Chinatown, 23, 37, 256 American Labor Federation, 193, 253 American Medical Association, 201, 205 American Public Health Association, 67, 96 ancestor worship, 40, 56–59 Anderson, Winslow, 153, 155–56, 159, 181, 186 Angel Island, 83, 135 Angel Island Quarantine Station, 93, 102–3, 121, 141, 143, 156, 175, 178, 180, 182, 186, 188, 192 animal imagery, Chinese, 28, 109, 115, 127, 130–31, 134–35, 140, 177, 211, 234, 333n108 Atterbury, Boudinot C., 53–54, 138, 153, 317n91 Australia, 78, 227 autopsies: Chinese attitude toward, 58, 206, 261, 357n93; clashes about attendance of, 154, 156, 188–89; and discovery of parasitic disease, 64; permission for, 170; site of, 169, 181; for suspicious plague cases, 83, 137, 170, 186, 188, 199, 208, 216, 238, 241, 249; tissue samples from, 121 bacteriology: as new field of medical science and practice, 69, 81–82, 87, 89, 102, 153, 168, 255; and tensions between bedside and laboratory, 14, 82, 157. See also germ theory of disease Bailhache, Preston H., 327n139 Barbary Coast, 11 Barbat, William P., 79, 82, 103 Barker, Lewellys F., 168, 169–71 Bartlett Alley, 23, 37 Baum, Rudolph W., 89, 132, 195, 226, 229, 245 Bay Area: anchorage in, 152; Chinese population in, 39, 135, 185; as destination, 103, 105, 214; inspection tours of, 265; “Oriental city” in, 264; rat populations in, 256; squirrel die-off in, 266–69. See also Contra Costa County Bazet, Louis, 89, 97, 138, 147, 155 Beijing (Peking), 69, 109, 162–64, 213, 216–17, 323n49 benevolent associations, Chinese (huiguan): aid and mutual assistance from, 10, 22, 24, 29, 31–32, 34; and Boxer rebellion, 163; and district leadership role, 91; and “halls of tranquility,” 51–52, 53, 60, 208; Kong Chow, 43, 272, 305n14; Ning Yung, 19, 43–44, 163, 309n65; offer of labor contracts by, 21; and patrons of ancestral halls, 43; Sam Yup, 32, 34, 36, 43, 91, 93, 216; and sponsorship of funerals and burials, 51, 59–60, 63, 308n62; Sze Yup, 32, 92–93, 163, 216. See also Six Companies Bennett, John E., 122, 126, 132, 145, 151, 158, 175 beriberi, 29, 63 Bernier, François, 4, 300n16 Biggy, William J., 38, 51, 63 Bigler, John, 73 Black Death, medieval, 76, 118 Blue, Rupert: background of, 180, 188, 345n113; and demolition and rebuilding campaign, 237, 259; diplomatic skills of, 191, 260; and emphasis on rat destruction, 238, 253, 255–58; and meetings with state and local health officials, 248–49, 250–51, 253; as political observer, 244–45, 247; and public cooperation, 275; and relationship 362 Index Blue, Rupert (cont.) with San Francisco Supervisors, 248–50; and replacement for Joseph White, 188–89; and report on Chinatown’s disinfection, 183, 193, 262; and squirrel die-off, 267–68; and views on Chinatown residents, 190, 241 Blumenbach, Johann F., 4–5, 300n18 Bothe, August C., 181–82, 186 Boxer Rebellion, 161–62, 163, 166 Brandenstein, Henry U., 202, 238, 245 bubonic plague. See plague Buckley, Vincent P., 90, 141, 195, 205, 207, 226, 229, 245, 264 Budd, James H., 96–97, 137–38, 139 budget issues, 88–91, 101, 129, 238–39, 244–48, 261 burials and bones, 13, 32, 36, 56, 59–61, 84, 196, 319n136, 320n144 Burlingame Treaty, 89, 91, 135, 162, 216 Burns, Daniel M., 89, 90, 96 Cable, George A., 132, 138 Calcutta plan, 180 California: and anti-Chinese sentiments, 6, 32, 65, 73; Central Valley and exports, 64, 138; colleges and universities in, 53, 127, 169, 195, 208, 224; and congressional delegation, 143–44, 172–73, 175; and constitution, 22; economic embargoes against, 133, 139, 228; federal quarantine of, 140–43, 174, 194, 202–3, 226; as Gold Mountain, 20–21; introduction of diseases into, 98, 134, 201; and legislative matters, 52, 97, 179–80, 253; and medical licenses, 46, 54, 191; migration to, 40, 60, 97, 121, 305n8, 305n10; and public health conferences, 209, 230, 251–54; and railroad interests, 96, 146, 218–21, 225; and state quarantine service, 99, 103, 138; urban areas and residents of, 13, 54, 74, 105–6, 178 California State Board of Health: and access to autopsies, 154–56; creation of, 96–97; and denial regarding plague, 125, 183, 346n32; and importation of plague bacilli, 176; and joint sanitary program with San Francisco, 180–83, 250; and tensions with other state boards, 220–25 Campbell, Joseph C., 38, 125, 137, 142 Canney, Frederick G., 246, 249, 262 Cantonese, 19, 163, 240; customs and...