Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-07-17

lor which yout anccflor have been ready 10
fight, to-ypu I appeal To guard this great
privilege What would We I've to-day without
an independent ptcs,2 Without i the ten.
dency here would bc away from lhcralism and
toward unconstitutional governments this ten
doncy Is alone held In check by the pfcscnrc
here NJ an independent press representing
healthy public sentiment There are tWo "
three ~ four small sheets fighting this hatue'
hui they arc independent Let us Keep them
~, lct rs not drown their protest tll the
oficnscs NJ misgpvctnment are reduced to =
minimum, till The nations life ,hall hr a'o.
eothcr in the hands ~ honorable men.
Tho phy,cians ~ the world. with III, single
exception N Doctor Fitch, agree that lcpt"y
Is contagious. II is not safe 20 lct @ single
lcpcf aesu,iair with th1se who 5rc uncln.
taminatcd. Il is Fitch against the world lie
has been unable tu pru,lusr g. Jingle Wt''ral
opinion IN favor NJ his belief Doctor Trous.
seau has told yuu that he fear, the possibility
oi cprous incubation by mean, NJ hca,. mos.
quitns and flies. and that in vance certain
disease ], transmitted through a kind Of fly.
How would i De- here, In the years when those
purple Hirs abound. whose bite ordinarily rs
dangerous, should they become charged with
the deadly virus of cptosy} Imagine a south
wind 10 send q hundred million ol mosquilos
from yondcf hospital ON the reef to the homes
oi Honolulu; who can defend himself of his
family FROM such possible messengers u inicc.
tun2 ! say 10 YOU that the hospital at ka.
kaako j. standing menace to the safety ul
every man, woman and child IN this city. !,
is not a detention hospital, but a permanent
hospital And now as 10 the use " the terms
used IN the article complained pl The article
uses the words "quack.' "chariatan,
"knavc. rogue and Ignorant prctcndcr,
no, absolutely stgnoant prcicndcr bul Com.
pafativc ignorant weicndcr. Now. quack
means = boastlul ptctcndcr tu medical skill,
and charlaian means about the same.
leave II 10 YOU II the evidence does no, show
these words to have been correctly used.
Knavcty means IN law dishonesty, not financial
dishonesty necessarily, but a slight SENSE Of
honor. What about the eye pfpciiccf Two
witnesses state that Doctor Fitch admitted that
he had no experience in eye operations before
coming here. lie wants to learn, and be
takes advantage Of his position at the govern.
mcn dispcnsary tO get some experience in this
line. lie uses no opthalmoscupc, and he has
put poor fellows tu the pain and danger OF an
operation, when he might have known that
there was not the slightest chance Of doing
good He performs the operation for cataract
on Grnwald when he va, incuipbly blind, rs
he might have asccftaincd II he had been a
competent physician, and he promises him he
will have his sight in three months after the
operation, when he ought to have known, rs
Doctor Brodic stated, that after an operation
for cataract the patient will see Immediately, II
he is going To see at all. Ii is painful to think
OF this man going around rccklcssly slashing
The eyes oi trusting natives and others for the
sake of acquiring experience. The article
charges him with being Comparatively IL.
notant ptctcndef There is his diploma Il
is in Latin; donot know exactly wha, II says,
hui it has q respectable look. But a diploma
simply give, man. sanding al the time of his
graduation, Thirteen years afterwards his
standing Is decided ly his success and his
methods. Whatever Doctor Fitch has been
doing all these thirteen years, he has hardly
held to the knowledge required for obtaining a
medical diploma. Why should he have come
10 these slnndS three years ago at 4 salary ol
SIoo OF Si2s a month"; The litmus paper test
is significant. Mr.. Mccartney said that Fitch
asked him how to use litmus paper in testing
for acid and allal. Doctor Fitch, ON the
stand, after stating that he thought he had \
very good memory, said that he never could
remember about using litmus paper and
always had To turn To his books to ascertain
the correct way. He also spoke ot two oI
three kinds Of ltmus paper, whereas there can
only be two kinds. In the management o
the dispensary, Doctor Fitch testified to
having on occasShs, or on one occasion, a,
many as three hundred and twenty-five
patients in one day, and that he diagnosed the
whole Of these and prescribed for them in siN
hours, which allows about minute and hal
Tor each one. Does not this sound like
quackey2 He recommends to the board o
health that resident physician be stationed Al
kalawao, and when Doctor Rogers-a goot
physician, as he admits-oitcrs to take tn,
place, he opposes i, because it will diminish
his own salary, and the poor unforiunatcs a
kalawao 60 without resident physician
II scents TO me, gentlemen Of the lury tina
looking at the evidence in this case, tpge,he
with Doctor fijch's published articles and hi
testimony in the case. we may find that ih
article complained Of rs a libel, is ,ubstantiall'
correct aud appropriate 10 the occasion. VI
ind Doctor Fitchs own statements Otter
utterly inconsistent with each Other, even il
the limits ol the same article. Over and owe
again IN these articles does he profess to insis
upon strict segregation, In practice he care
nothing for it. Sometimes he says leprosy j
neither infectious nor contagious, and agail
shows it TO be so easily transmitted that it ma,
be taken by smoking the same pipe or eatin,
poi with lepers. |, is apparent that in hi
published articles he has stated good deal /,
catch the eye OF the public, bu, which he neve
intended to reduce TO practice. and which h,
never has put to practice. NJ the hospital Al
kakaako segregation is sham. The patient,
climb over the palisade and escape, and friend,
communicate through the palings. believe
gentlemen, tha, You fully understand the cas-,
in all its bearings and It's great public import
ance. ! submit to you the interests of the dclen
,lan,, Mr.. Thrum, On trial before you for hi
liberty, and the interests OF the free press ant
OF free speech in the Hawaiian Islands | ,hanl
you for the patience and attention with which
YOU have followed the course OF this long trial
and listened to my Arguments.
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""nN1ss'
MIR. Russell then rose for the prosecutio,
and said. The counsel for the defense saie