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Show Ou DOCTORS STOP CHOLEjMjPREUD NEW YORK, July IS. Tho test tubes of the physicians nt uarantine have saved New York from a possible invasion of Asiatic cholera by five carriers car-riers of the disease, in themsolves well, but bearers of millions of bacteria bac-teria Their presence was made manifest today as the result of individual indi-vidual bacteriological examinations made today at Hoffman Island Their dlscoverj'.Trdge'ther with the failure of additional cases of cholera to develop at quarantine, caused Health Officer Doty to regard the outlook out-look as brighter than at any time within the last week. The live cases were at once isolated in the Swinburne Island hospital. Dr Lelamj Cofer, assistant surgeon of public health and' marine hlspltal service, who will assist in the flght ngalnst the plague, held a conference today with Dr Doty. Mayor Gaynor will accompany Dr Cofer to Quarantlric tomorrow, the object of his visit being to formulate a program of harmony and concerted action among the municipal, state and federal authorities. |