Died in prison
Name not reported
This person was one of thirteen people held at Bilibid prison who died in late 1906 after being inoculated during cholera experiments carried out there. A committee of scientists said the deaths were caused by attenuated plague cultures that had been mixed into the cholera serum. A committee of Filipinos found that no one was responsible for the accident and recommended that provision be made for the families of the dead.
Cause of death, as reported: Died in an accident. A committee of scientists found the deaths came from attenuated plague cultures mixed into the cholera serum used in the inoculations, and a Filipino committee called it an accident with no one responsible.
Reported by: committee of scientists; committee of Filipinos.