The Hawaiian gazette., 1873-09-24

we-tc rccnscs 1eTc IS : prirsarN erTOi
hs-e IN the assumption that il hSS not
( TIE fact i tbs, L hSS Aman named
Eikrs6Se diea bere few months SinoS
ffOu, this disease Another diei Of il not
long since IN the Alsaeis County HoSpi
tal Jrdge A s. B, a man who held
the highest place In the esteem Of the PEG
I pie Of San Francisco, died but few
weeks since. and 1t has been affirmed to
thSs this ho-rid pest Was the cause Of his
demise. 1 know 81 one case now in pro
E7esS here. a white man, who is suffering
< with lep7osy. and only rvfrain from CIV
ing his name BY request Of the physician
who has him IN charge. Gould the truth
Be known about the spread Of leprOsy
snoag the white population, It would be
appalling. But I; cannot be IS vet. Those
sfiic;ei with the disease suppress the fact
until the last moment possible. Then. 1t
must Be remembered that the processes Of
this plague are IS terribly slow IS they
are sure. Years nav elspse, Saer It Is
contracted, betc-eit makes its appearance
IN zny way whatever Dpringthis tine
It Is slowly permeating the whole system,
tAinting every atom Of blood, ripening
and gaming strength There viii surely
oou1e tir1e-if some merciful fatality do
not cut short the life Of the infected being.
EhIle be Is in happy Inconsistencies Of
his ovsrhanging fate-vhen some spark
viii set al the venom in Sction. An over
heating Of the blood, some excess,
change IN life snd habits, NAV develop it
But. even after this occurs when the dis
esse hiss shown itself, It may consume ten
or fifteen years in reaching its inevitable
end In ST this time there Is no point at
which cure Is practicable. The utmost
science can do isto alleviate the suferings
Of the doomed wretch The most kindly
thing 70 Do to 5 leper would be to knock
hin on the head hard enough 70 put him
cut Of his misery. The next best is to
varniSh him, 50 IS to keep the air from his
tumor< s1d 50 allay his itching.
The Chinese do not quite 50 strictly
shun the lepers, yet even they avoid
svoid touching them Il Is their belief
that the leprosy Is only communicated by
actuaI coutact with the minute scales that
falls from the leper's livid tumors hence
the lsper finds home in 4 separate pen
among them, has 4 tub all to his own use
in their wash houses, table BY himself
in their cigar factories. bench where be
nay work alone slippermaking. BY Whist
Of their own sn this is effect
Cd. : white man caunot find out. They
have their own laws, judges, and penal .
ties As much here IS in China, and stolid-
" refuse any information concerning them. (
or rather evade inquiry BY mo sabe,' 4
or ne no understand That they have .
5 system OF isolation for the Ieper is. how 4
ever, very apparent. How fsr the disease
actually prevails among them IS another
thing which passes the wisdom Of the .
Caucasian to find out. The Mougol is
nothing If not ''devilish sly He knows
better than TO expose fact which might
militste sgainst his retaining =
'oothold upon our sol. even if It were not
for him that he dispises outlaws
IF Registration. reyiles our Board Of
Health, snd condemns all our social usa-
yes. 50, if one Of them dies of leprosy,
he survivors prefer to pay couple Of
ioIlars to some medical practitioner for 3 4
certificate that the dead mSn passed in
lis checks from some other e@use, and
o quietly enable them to bury him until
ueh time as his bones can conveniently
K picked ont and sent home to China,
where al Chinamen's bones are sent
Tor. v J. Graphic.