The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-02-10
1oon.-o0a.0o. Of ,he Pacific Commercial Advsrsi'sr'
A Hospital!

N. ENRON "A hospital for the poor dying nS-
tives j! This looks well in print. ana may oe :,
and we're il not to come in close proximity win 9
eral other things, bearing . different aspect | wou''
pronounce it benevolent. -
RnY . hosn;tal At Honolalu for the few natives VINO
can reach it, and d law forbiding all in.e.nee"s y
eieuers, under q heavy penalty. to adm'his'e' ~
.;nes IN the sick. even in remote parts OF the k'ne''"''
unless they can afford to ray for tne'r eu'0'"
vork for nothing, do not lock exactly the same way
Ada 70 this the fact, that one kanaka, by the na"e
80 Kanu. with the protested sanction OF the n'hg'
.ho,,,d be selling licenses all over the Kingdom 10 "
-. t.n.k.s 70 practice medicine wherever they
= ord among all classes, and take large pay Tor tue
same and not n word prohibiting it in the stringent
,.w AGAINST foreigners, and / am surprised Ut the III
congruity. n
Among natives. p~racticing medicine applies equaiiy
% Getting homes. extracting teeth. blood letting, dress
ing wounds, and healing up the multitude OF diseases
or tho Aesb and skin. stomach and bowels to which
tho natives are subject. To forbid an intelligent for
e;oner. who nav have attended medical lectures In
tho limited States or elsewhere, visited and seen hos
,;,a, practice. and procured a tolerable medical IL
hr.rv in order to make himself useful in practiclng
the healing art when needed, from making any use
of his knowledge and skill, unless he can anord 70 90
Il cratuirouslv in places, toe, where no foreign or COM
petent doctor can be found, looks like legislation III
applied.
The writer of this article, living remote from the
city. was called on a few months since at midnight
to 60 and see a native female die. She had been SICK
some days under native treatment, and was now sup
posed to be dying-had taken leave of the family ana
was speechless. A dose of sulphuric ether was adj
ministered; she rose and spoke to me. Another dose
of the same was administered, and she felt relieved.
I then gave her a cathartic; she was soon well, and
is now in her usual health.
Four or FIVE years since, a foreigner came to me,
pale and fainting with the loss Of blood. AZ artery,
as he supposed, had been accidentally severed In his
arm. Blood was passing off freely through several
handkerchiefs tied around his arm. In most implor-
ing terms he asked if 1 could help him, and soon
tainted. Undoing the ~bandages it was soon apparent
that a vein, and not an artery, was severed, and the
bandages, as put on, only increased the bleeding they
were intended to prevent. After his wound was suit
ably attended to be soon rallied. and went home with
better feelings than before.
mention these Incidents, not to show my skill in
medicine or surgery, but as facts, hundreds of which
are occurring at the remote parts of the islands
every year. If the missionary or some other one is
not prepared with his instruments for cupping, ex-
tracing teeth, dressing wounds, and his phlais OF
medicine and barrel of salts, &C., there will be suf-
fering and death from this source, if l mistake not,
far beyond all the relief a hospital can give. Shall
the missionary forbear to heal the sick because he
cannot afford to keep himself supplied in medicines
and instruments for nothing, and has not the AFRO
gance to request to be admitted into the college OF
physicians. Let humanity reply.
have before me one of the commissions above al
luded to, given out by Kapu, which I Y will translate
as a specimen of many:
DocToR's COMMISSION.
This is to make known that from personal knowledge OF the
great skill of - in medicine, he is hereby authorized to be a
doctor during life, under my control
1 give him liberty to practice his art in all parts Of this king
dom, so long as he obeys me and does not break the law OF the
King, thst one do right and just.
Here are the prices 1 allow the doctor to charge, il his patient
RECEIVERS under his hand: