Panic in the Streets Page #3

- Okay, fellas. That's all. Let's go.

Just wait outside for a minute,

will you, fellas, with the others?

- Any way to pull these shades?

- Sure, Doc.

- Can you get this man cremated?

- Well, I suppose I can.

I don't want any supposing, Ben.

I want him cremated right now.

Set it up, will you?

- Oh, Kleber.

- Yes, sir.

I want everything that's touched him burned

or sterilized. Do you understand me?

Sure, Doc.

Paul, get those slides into a sterilizer

right away, will you?

Right. Oh, say...

- They sent over the serum and the streptomycin.

- Good.

Hey, Kleber,

what's going on around here?

- Is there any report on who killed this man, Sergeant?

- No.

- Any leads?

- No, sir. I don't think so.

Well, do you know or don't you?

This is important.

- Well, sure, Doc.

- Has anyone been able to identify the body?

No, sir. Nobody. We sent

the fingerprints off to the F.B. I...

...but we haven't heard

anything from 'em yet.

Have you got everybody here

who had anything to do with the body?

Yeah. The fingerprint men,

photographers...

...patrolmen who found him and...

- Nearly everybody.

- What do you mean, "nearly"?

- There's Billy Hall. He...

- Get him.

- Now?

- Yes, now. Right away.

Sure, Doc. Call Billy Hall and have him

come down right away.

- Now?

- Yeah, right now.

- Thanks. Will you have these people line up, please?

- Let's form a line, fellas.

Shake it up here.

Dress a line here.

- This is Dr. Reed of the Government Health Service.

- This will only take a minute.

As a precautionary measure,

we're going to inoculate all of you...

...so if you'll just take your coats off,

roll up your sleeves.

Hurry it up, Paul.

They'll start asking questions.

- Oh, Kleber, would you mind helping out?

- Okay, Doc.

And, uh, thanks. That was a fine job.

You did just the right thing.

- I appreciate it.

- Well, thank you, Doctor.

- Give them each two c. C.'s.

- I fixed it to have him cremated.

Swell. Help Kleber down at the end,

will you, Ben?

- Start down at the other end.

- Here's the alcohol.

All right. Let's get this

over with quickly, please.

- Give me the first one, Paul.

- What's in them things, Doc?

- Nothing. Just a little serum.

- Serum? For what?

I told you...

a precautionary measure.

- Precautionary, but for what?

- It's possible the dead man may have had some disease...

I don't have to take

one of those shots.

I can quarantine you

for 10 days.

Hold still or this is going to hurt.

- Aside from isolated cases in the past 20 years...

- I'll see you, Murph.

There's been at least

one major outbreak.

In November of 1924,

in Los Angeles, California...

...a woman died of what was thought

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