The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-08-26

usually seen in convalescent stages Q
that disease, but they did not becom
absorbed. He was discharged i
April but not till the similarity 9
these tubercles to early leprosy ha
been the subject of comment. On tn
| 2sth of July. 1879. he was rernittee
with tubercnlar leprosy, fully devel
oped, and he died of phthisls on tn
goth OF the following March, fou
years from the first appearance of tn
disease. For the two years next sue
ceeding the discharge from the hos
pital in 1876, he had been laborious
ly employed as miner. Per contr.
Fo SIN and Yo Gan were both in
mates of the hospital two years o.
more, were both subjects Of the dis
ease several years prior to admission
and were in better physical condition
when discharged than when admitted
The former had been eight years ir
the country and four or five years the
subject of the disease. Liberation
had commenced in the fossa between
the lower lip and prominence of the
chin, but under a more generous diet
than he had been accustomed TO il
soon healed, and his general health
continued good during the period Of
his stay in the hospital. For the past
two years alimentation has been our
only treatment. The leper requires
good nutrition, aad wants it often.
The ration of the American army is
insufficient for his support until the
last stage of the disease has been
reached.
"Any opinion as to the number
now in the city would be mere con-
lecture. have seen none out of the
Chinese quarter. 1t is less general
than is commonly believed, yet the
fact is significant one that on the I'd
of June every known leper in the city
was shipped to China, and before the
end of the year l 4 new cases have ac-
cumulated on our hands. The Chi
nese Consul claims hospital rights for
these people, the authorities resist the
claim, and the courts are now adjudi-
eating the question. Is it contagious?
English writer's in India say it is not
in the sense in which the term is usu-
ally employed, but the Chinaman
who has been familiar with the dis
ease and its traditions for centuries,
avoids the leper with great care, and
will etand for hours rather than occu-
py seat that has been vacated by
one.
"The leper maintains the most pro-
found silence upon the subject of her
edity. / have seen but one who ad-
mitted its existence as family taint.
and would, it is probable, have de-
MED it had not the enquiry been
made prior to a conference with his
fellows in the lazzarette. All Fond
Tin whom the disease had but re, emily
declared itself) was five, years in the
country before any symptoms appear
ed. Tu Wong, for several years a
marine fireman in the employ Of the
Pacific Mail Company, between this
port and the Orient, a man Of fine
physique and well nourished, devel-
ops the disease at 32-after Eve years
of generous diet on board an Ameri-
can steamship, and surrounded by
heallhful sanitary conditions. Thos.
Stanton, present age Al, after resi-
dence of nine years in Madras, Ceylon
and Bombay, sailed from Calcutta for
New York, Dec. "a, 1870. For three
and half years after his arrival. he
remained in good health and worked
as stonemason's assistant in Cleveland
Nashville and other western cities.
In autumn 1874, becoming the sub
ject of rheumatic pains. he concluded
to seek milder climate, and going
to Louisiana he remained there ana
in other southern states till the spring
of 1878. During bis stay in the south
he had worked a portion Of his time,
but did not feel well at ALL and
though he had no medical advice he
knew that it must be that his blood
was out of order or these pimples
wouldn't have come out on his face,
Qeprosic tubercles.) Concluding to
work his way back to Bombay, he
reached Sacramento, CAL, during the
vintage Of 1878, and obtained em-
ployment in the drying room of a raj
sin factory. He was the only white
man in the room. During the sec
ond day his fellow workmen discon-
tinued their work and declined to re-
sume until the foreman was discharg-
ed. The Chinese had recognized the