The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-07-01

HIo. HAwAn. june 18th. ls-o
Mn. EDITOR "A the risk Of being d;aar..s
would venture to point out that bath yon,~,s
correspondents often ask questions which ara li
if ever, answered, and are led to make rem.rl. ~.
are amusing In your issue of April %. DR. pea@a
remarking upon Dr.. 0uillou's lecture, recrets a.. 4
Legislators have not enacted some law "to "r
the poor kanaka" ~(native. I suppose again..
quacks, (the only use of such a law wouH h. Tue
the .adperfiser asking questions) and the cen,...'
seems to fear that ~quackery may yet become lepali,.s
here as it is in England. On reading the Doc,0s.
remarks one would believe that quackery is a -.
mon evil on these islands. but that it is not ve, ,.m,
lied. Such may be the case in Honolulu. bu, ~ -
waii there are too many regularly appoiuted n,.~.
clans interested in watching over the interest or a.
trade to ever allow quackery TO- flourish as an ;,,;as.
profession.
On the 9th of May, in a paragraph headed g..
tempted suicide, you ask 9 brace of questions v...
ing to know " what has become of the Law = 49,
late the importation and sale of OPIUM, &c n.
said law, MI. Editor. is safe and sound betvee, -.
covers of the book wherein it is printed for the aa;e
cation of all civilized communities, but il is M, g.
use. As to the other question :" whether the vend,.
was a regularly qualified physician or surgeon. y N
| can say is, that as any one can obtain a diplom, !,
paying 81 Is, the individual in question would be .
fool to be without one; and, by the by, | would III.
to know where these diplomas are printed-is il don.
at your press? l send you one. You NAV be abla 70
judge whether il is your h~andiwork or not. Pleas. |
print it in your columns for the benefit of your MANY
readers, together with a translation of it. to helm
those who may not be well versed in the vernaculsr |
The item 7, Hailona Mai, So. may help you to ask
another question to wit: what has become of the d
section. chapter SO. of Penal Code, Perhaps You
do not know how this hailona mai is done-here !.
the modus operGadi. The kahuna takes a number
of pebbles, which he puts in a heap and covers them
with a handkerchief, he then recites an incarnation !
md divides the heap in two lots by passing his hand
sdgeways through the middle of the covered heap:
'ne lot he designates 8 Death, - the other 50 Life, ;, he J
hen uncovers them and proceeds to count the peb-
oles in each lot, that in which the number prepon.
ierates gains the day, and the fate Of the patient i 7
decided accordingly, if the verdict is death. the Ia.
iuna pockets the SO and goes about his business-f !
the verdict is life, the kahuna pockets the SO, but .
gives further attendance and physic, for which he T
charges according TO the scale of prices set in the d. \
ploma. One of the uninitiated would think that the ;
sentence 4" Ella ka uku a'u e haaici aku al &c., 2
here is the compensation which | will give-meap, J
Kapuu, the grantor, is to pay these charges, but {
no such thing, the patient is 10 pay, and does paw D
Do you know Kapuu? Is it the actual name of the
Individual, or only a nom de guerre to conceal a more 4
l~lustrious name? 4
Hundreds, both men and women, here on Hawaii 4
are now the holders of these diplomas, and are de. /
as physicians. / have counted over fifty Z
puias in one day at a meeting convened for the pur-
pose, and which l attended. The proceedings were =
these Notice having been given to all the kahuna, n
and to all those who wished to become such to assem- !
at a certain house, at Hilea, Kau, Kaenokane .
to explain to those assembled that those U
wished to practice medicine must have one of Q
these ~pdiapalas and pay the following fees: s96r the
p~olapala, 81 to the chief for his protection, and % =
cents to the clerk. The names of those who paid y
were registered in a book, and they received their y
sent, and are henceforth regularly qualified physi-
clans. kaenokane and his clerk have visited Hilo, ~
Puma and Kau, and are now in Kona.
With these facts before you, Mr.. Editor, do you
not think that your correspondents remarks, your :.
questions and your article on the huIas of May Is, y
1858, must be somewhat amusing, especially 10 those
are intended to be hit by them, or don't you feel 20
as if you would like to ask a few more questions IN
about some laws which you may believe were msk -
to be put in force and executed. Hno.
PALArALA HookoHv KAHcsA HAWAII Nr.-Ua hoAkA1AA
ka pono o ka noho ana o iKahuHa &c.
apaan na'u a maialo no GU e noho al, a VA hoike Ola a ua nse
popo lau kona akamali X a oihana lapaau maj. Nolalia, N1 ~
aku pei au, e lilo ola Kahuna lapaau, mai Hawaii a Kauai
0iai o ia e malanla ana ma oleIo au a kue ole ma kanawai .
ka Moi o keia Aupuni, e hama me ka pono a poolei.
Ella ka uku au e haawi aku al Ike Kahuna Ike ola ka mai; -
1. Mai kiekie, $50 8. Ina e lave vale kekahi r.
p Salalo mai, 20 ika mai a kekahi, : IL
D. HaahAs sa tho, 30 g. Palapala hookuu a Ike
4. Oh Kahuna. a.
3. Emi loa mai, ~, ole la mai 1 "a e
6. Maimakamaka,- 81 uku o ke HAD, ~
7. Hailona mai, 81 I'm
No ko'u lima hama keia Ia o IS ~
(Signed) KAPur,
Makua Nui o ma Kahuna Hawaii Mel ..
(Signed0 KAKSoKASE, Ao
Hope Kahuna Ni. -