The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-11-26

= Kalaina was charged before Judge BECKER
ton, on the Sth inst, with practising medicine
without a license. Kekahuna gave evidence
that his wife, Kamaka, had been lying sick at
Nahoi's house and that the latter fetched
Kalaina to see her. Kamaka told Kalaina that
she had had medicine from DR.. McGrew and
from the hospital, on which he replied that If
they would get all the things he wanted he could
cure her. He told his patient that the first
dose would not operate, but the second would.
He wanted some cocoanuts, some ihi, a kerosene
tin full of nom fruit, and white sugarcane.
Kekahuna. got the things together and Kalains
compounded the medicine at his own place. He
sent several bowls full of the stuff in a bucket
to Kamaka, which she drank. This was repeated
four times, the same quantity being taken
each dav. After that, Kalaina ordered his
patient TO remain five days without combing her
hair or handling water. He told Kekahuna that
he must get a house that was very private and
near the sea, and that his wife must mot speak
to any one, or all would be spoiled, On the
last of the five days, which was Saturday, he saw
them and told them to wait till the following
Thursday, when he would cure the woman {;
meanwhile he required another bundle of the
sugarcane, which must consist of 81 sticks. On
| the following Friday he told Kamaka to walk in
the middle of the street and not to look to one
side or the other, then to go into the water up to
her middle, and dip herself under three times,
and not push her hair back, and to return the
way she had come. Then he boiled up ga lot
of peppers and other things" and told her to
battle herself in the decoction three times. She
did this and then he gave her medicine to drink.
Meanwhile, Kekahuna became sensible that his
| wife was getting very weak and found that on
the Sunday, she could not walk. He had her
taken home in a wagon and on the following
Tuesday, Kalaina saw him, and prescribed
| calomel or kowali. He wanted Kalaina to go
and see Kamaka, but though he promised, he
did not go. On the following Thursday, the
| witness went to see Kalaina again, and told him
he had better go and see his patient or drop the
| case. Next day, shortly after Kalaina had
visited her, the unfortunate victim of all this
| ignorant folly died. She had in fact been
sT1*Saring all the time from a very bad cold.
Kalaina ds1rS~ied having doctored Kamaka. His
story was that Nan ri came to him for medicine,
and he told him what to ge. ana no" 10 prepare
the potion. He denied being a kandMEa' ahu S"iO
that ke ihi was an old medicine among Hawa~,M
denied having told the woman to go and 1P
in the water, but acknowledged that he had a
vised- a sea-bath, and had told her to battle
the pepper tea. He acknowledged that KamaI"
had been at his house, and under his trear
ment. Kahuakai in some measure corrobt
rated the statements of Kalaina and it ar
peared from Kekahuna's evidence that Kalaiut
had received no fee. The Magistrate decided
that defendant was guilty and inflicted a fine of
$50, with costs $50, saying, at the same time,
he considered Kekahuna and Nahoi were as
much to blame as the defendant.