The news from Glasgow in regard to the plague is
decidedly
reassuring. The official bulletin issued on Thursday—the fifteenth day since the outbreak—showed that for two days no fresh cases had occurred, and as medical experts agree in regarding the maximum period of incubation to be fourteen days, it is hoped that the spread of the epidemic is checked. According to Friday's papers the number of patients in hospital suffering from plague is thirteen, most of whom are out of danger, and no further fatal cases are now anticipated. The authorities, however, so far from relaxing their efforts, are providing for the opening of a third reception house, the work of disinfecting the seat of the outbreak is steadily going on, and special attention is being given to the exter- mination of rats infesting the building.
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