The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-07-21

ments OF Counsel Judges Charge-
The Verdict.
DIR. Y. r. Emerson, caIled-Am a physi
clan practicing i'll Honolulu; was educated
for the profession Of IN edicine in Boston anC
New York. In Harvard Medical COLLEGE
where 7 studied the course was three years
it j. now four in the College of Physicians
and Surgeons in New York; the term a
Bellevue was three years, and is 50 now be
-lieve; I have been practicing here between
four and five year; have paid special at
tentIOn TO the subject Of leprOSy; [ believe
the disease to b. contagious by intimate
contact; in about the same degree. and in
the same manner that syphilis Is; I think
that kissing would be a means Of conta-
giOn II either party had lenrouH 0"fC- about
the mouth, snI the other party had ordina-
rily sensitive mucous membranes also by
lying OIL the same mat; if there were pim-
pies, scratches, etc, there would be dan
ger Of their being inOculatcd; think the
habits Of the Hawaiians are such as TO lay
them open 10 the attacks Of the disease;
many Of them. think, are lacking proper
fear Of the diseasei some do fear il; there is
no identity between Ieprosy and syphilis;
there are lepers now at large; from the fact
that meet them occasionally 7 should say
that there were considerable number at
large.
CrOss-czdHlilntiOH-I saw ON the street
and recognized one who had leProsy; can
not be sure Of meeting in the last thirty
days more than two cases; 1 have not vis-
ited the prison yard for the purpose of see
ing lepers lately; our college gives credit TO
another for the time spent there by stu
dent; I consider Bellevue College one Of the
best; during the regular terms Of u college
there is q summer course; that is considered
rather extra, a student might duly attend
the winter course, and, passing the exami-
nation obtain q diploma; ii is absOlu tcly
necessary that student should embrace
the curriculum i'm his studies. TO the
Court doubt if Bellevue would grant
diploma for course not carried on i'm 4
regular college, there might be exceptions;
the term now ut Boston Medical School is
eight months; now i'm New York | think it
includes the summer term; l think the av-
eiage in the colleges is five months in each
year; know Jefferson College by repute.
II a student has studied under a physician
before entering a college, I cannot say as
10 whether this previous course would
weigh with the faculty; / could not now
name a reputable college that would grant
a diploma for less than three years course;
syphilis is not generally supposed to be con-
tagiOus in the % late" " stage. do not rec
Ognize the same stages in leprosy; I reeog-
nize difference i'm the degree of cOntagion,
in Ieprosy; lepers are always dangerous; /
can hardly give you a mathematical state
ment i'm the suppOsitiOn cases; L should say
though that there was less danger from the
ulcer cured Ieper than from another; in
case such patient should continue in this
improved condition for ten years, / should
say il was rlra avis; have not had the
means of examining into cases in Norway;
it has been said that cases have been re-
ported i'm that country as cured; have not
reports from India of cases; / had charge of
the leper settlement for a little less than
two years; was there part of the time; there
We're some thirty Or forty native residents
there who were not lepers; none of these
We're seized with leprosy To my knowledge;
there was no particular formula of reme
dies; what would relieve one case would
not benefit another; have visited the
branch hospital within two months; was
not in Court during the examination of DR..
Trousseau yesterday; without reference to
any books. or opinions Of others, I should
say that five years was about the average
have found no cases and do not think have
read OF any where an improved condition
remained for five years; there may be cases
where leprosy shows itself in a very limited
manner for five years; ii is q feature of this
temporary state that sores wholly heal mp,
with or without treatment; this healing
process may take place while marks Of the
disease arc still evident on the body.
Mr.. Mccartney, SwOrn-Am an apOthe-
cary; have been In the business for ten
years; have been under tuition Of a man Of
large experiences; know DIR. Fitch; have put
up prescriptions used by him in his private
pract ce; iOdide Of potassium seemed to be
the prevailing ingredient; cannot recall an
instsnee where this drug was not present
in the compound for internal use; have
heard DR.. Fitch talk OF leprosy very fire.
quently, and say he could cure IT. shortly
after his coming to Honolulu from KAMA,
in the drug store Of Palmer * Co. ''I can
cure it, and will cure it, were his exact
words; he has had me test urine for him;
on one occasion he said that he either did
not know how, or had forgotten how TO
test.
CToss-crdnlfHcd-I may have put up a
prescription that did not contain iodide
OF potassium; all utterances that the doctor
has made in regard to Ieprosy were made in
general way.
Albert Smith, sworn-I have never been
educated ut any regular college, have read
medicine works constantly for twenty years;
have read great deal on leprOsy; 1 have
seen and treated cases in the outer districts;
been called upon to do so in the absence of
physicians; have been associated with ply
sicians in cases l wrote the article shown
me and published in the Saturday Press of
April 81; have never talked with DIR.
Fitch on any other medical subjects than
those of Ieprosy and syphilis and cataract ;
Dr. Fitch told me he thought leprosy and