The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-09-18
Communication from the Board of Health

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SIR am directed by His Excellency, the Presi
dent Of the Board Of Health, 10 furnish you with the
following extracts from the records Of the Board,
relating TO the cases Of Messrs. Mohabeer and L.
Smith
Ga the 2lst Of September, 1874, Mr.. Mohabeer
made an application for a license TO practice medicine.
In accordance with Section 2, Chapter 90 Of the new
Penal Code, this was referred to Drs. Trousseau aud
McKibbin, who examined him on the 18th Of Sept.
Following is their report to the Board on the subject.
which was read at its meeting Of the 9th Of October,
1874, and the Minister Of the Interior advised in
accordance Herewith
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR,
HoNoLULU, Sept. 10Th, 1874.
To tie Honorable Board Of HeaIM-
GENTLEMEN The undersigned to whom was re-
ferred the application Of DIR. MOhabeer to practice
medicine in this Kingdom, would report that they
met the applicant at the Office Of the Interior Depart
ment, at 10 O'Clock this morning. when they pro-
ceeded to examine him with reference to his quaIif-
cations with the following result
q. by DR.. Trousseau. Have you any letter. Yes.
Q. by DIR. McKibbin. Have you any Diploma
from any medical school or college No. DIR. Mo
habeer then showed a copy Of the COMMERCIAL Ga
=eie. Of Nov. 9Th, 1869, published in Port Louis,
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islative Council Of the Island to him to endeavor to
cure lepers.
q by DIR. I. Have you ever studied medicine in
India.
A. No.
z. Do you use opium. arsenic. iod potass, musk,
or choroform in your practice
A. Yes, on Christians only.
z. by DIR. Nick. What diseases do you use these
medicines in
A. Laudanum to produce sleep chloroform di-
for palpitation Of the heart and pains in general.
z. by DIR. I. Are you a surgeon
A. No. l have never studied anatomy, and 1
it useless for the practice Of medicine.
I q. by DR.. Mex. DO you understand what pneu-
monia is2
A. Yes.
z. What are the symptoms from the beginning ?
A. 1t is a disease that arises from the liver and
runs up into the lung, causing a sart of gangrene.
z. How DO you recognize pneumonia
A. The patient being in bed, l stand a, a DIS
tsnce, and by the appearance Of his eyes, either
black, white or red, | understand at once whatever
disease may be the matter with him.
q. DO you put your ear to his chestY
A. Yes, to hear if his heart is beating strongly or
not. also feel his pulse and his heart.
Y. What medicines DO you use in such cases
A. Indian.
z. DO you know what peritonitis il
A. / do not.
q. How do you know that a patient u afflicted
with stone in the bladder
A. Symptoms, hick urine, occasionally gravel
There are three kinds Of stone-a fourth kind some
times in the kidneys.
z. Do you ever use the Catbeter as an instru-
ment Of diagnosis or treatment
A. with emphass). Oh no. / use internal
remedies, and gradually the stone crumbles down in
the urine.
z. Do you recognize a disease called paralysis
4. les. by weakness Of some parts Of The body or
face, sometimes one side is affected
z. What is in your opinion the cause Of paralysisl
A. / am very much pleased that you have asked
that question, as 1 have made a peculiar study Of
that disease, and observed it in all countries. IL
arises from the heart, the blood gets black. rushes to
the head, and il is distributed in the affected side ira
bad state, and all the nerves being affected, do nor
allow that bad blood to escape.
Q Do you ever bleed patients