The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-03-17

Sucn circumstances II VIII De maintained
by everyone having Intimate and long eX-
perience in the observation of the disease
of Ieprosy, that il i not possible 20 have it
communicated by any ordinary associations
or cOntact-SUch a eating together, sAak-
ing Of hands. the passing of a pipe from
mouth 10 mouth, the washing of clothes, or
the preparation of poi. There i no clear
ana satisfactory evidence in this country OF
the development OF 4 csc OF the disease
und-' such ordinary circumstances. As
regards the probability Of coutaEiou affect
ing the traveller or the transient stranger,
in res Get 10 this disease, let it be noted
that AT SpreCke!~ylll- there ale employed
over 1900 people, OF whom tHoIt go are for
eiguers. many Cf which have been residing
at that place. uE other paris OF the Islands,
for from one Ia tLree years, "a IL will not be
assumed that this working population has
been more carefully guarded than the gener-
atty of people; but, being iudiciOUsly and
well employed, well fed, and generally we'll
cared for, not an individual of all those
persons brought here by the enterprise of
MI. S~preckels has shown any faint OF the
disease under consideration, and there is no
particle of evidence that any traveller or
transient resident foreigner has run any
risk of catching the disease, or is likely to
do SO any more than he would be liable to
contract consumption under ordinary cir
cumstances of social Intercourse. But we
must admit, Notwithstanding, the stale
ment made of improper intercourse
being mainly the cause of the cases re-
ported YET. from eNiltlltt iuIllSlleu, II
appears that it is possible for an entirely
innocent person to contract this dreadful
malady. However, the evidence goes far
to establish the fact that such innocent par
ties owe their misfortune either to heTedity
or to diseased vaccination. The laXitV
and recklessness in respect to vaccination
in times past has. no doubt, exposed many
innocent parties to the danger of diseased
incubation. The parties known or sus-
dected of having contracted leprOSV under
SIIcn m noes are exceedingly Tn 70
and, with the medical precautions now in
spired by such apprehension, we are not
likely TO have any more cases of the de-
velOpment of the disease through improper
vaccination. Outside of the lists which we
give below of foreigners suffering from the
disease, there are no positive foreign cases
known to or acted upon by medical authori-
ties. There are, it is true, three or four
suspected parties but we desire to deal
with facts, and known. recognized cases,
which we give below
Cease Male, e.. s., act A, has
resided in various of the South Sea
Islands since 1856. In 1869 contracted
syphilis from a native woman in the island
of BOlabola; III 1870 finger of right hand
lost sensibility could run a knife through
it and not feel it now resides at Leper Set
Element has led a very licentiOus life.
Case 2-Aet G3, native of New York; is
b~lind;ingerS partly gone; has resided in these
islands most of the time for the last b years;
confesses that he has led n very licentious
life; has resided at Leper Settlement for
several years.
Case 3-Subject of G.. b, act, A, resided
here s years; has led Il bad life, contract
ed syphilis in 1879, in less than six months
leprosy appeared. Now resides at Leper
settlement.
Case Act Sc, German, is q leper resid-
ing at Leper Settleme EN- has led a vile life;
contracted syphilis about one year ago.
Case 5-Aet 40, Portuguese, is a leper at
fha Sattlan1nnt hos raSi1a1 hara MANY
years; has led a vile life, contracted disease
several years ago.
Case G-Aet 10, Portuguese, has resided
here a long time, has led n bad life he is
almost an idiot can get but little of his
history, Is n resident of the Leper Settle
ment.
Case 7LAet %, subject 81 O.. B., resided
here twent$-opple years, has led a vile life !;
hrst sl9ga OF disease eyebrows fell out, then
crl1ted sores appeared on his body, then
eminent French physician who has made
syphilis a life long study says that, " loss of
the eyebrows is almost distinctive Of
syphilis" This man is a resident of the
Leper Settlement.
Case S-Aet so, Am. Has resided here
Is years; has led n loose life. | treated
him for syphilis two years ago. Is now at
Hospital a firmed leper. Disease appeared
ten months ago.
Case ga boy of foreign parents born
here. rather was pafalySeu several
years ago after an extraordinary at
tack of headache. This boy las resided
in the family with sisters of whom
he has several, no restrictions being iru-
posed OH him in fact no one suspected his
having leprosy, while he had been afflicted
with it for over eight years. | was called to
see him for Il withered hand and found him
Il leper another physician examined him
and confirmed my diagnosis.
Case 10-Act ~, German came here in
1876 contracted syphilis shortly after his
arrival was under care of pin sician for it
for some time, then wen, to the most
nOrtherly island ofthc g~roup-kuuai there
he led Il bad life. Five years after
his arrival, two other physicians be-
sides me pronounced him II leper.
He went to Germany, to o-e of the
great hospitals there, and was by the ply
sicians there pronounced to have syphilis !;
was under treatment some months, then
discharged as cured.
Do not these cases show clearly how the
disease is acquired?
Two children both vaccinated from the
arm of Il native who died within u short
time after their being Vaccinated with great
sores breaking out on him. One of these
children died some time ago in San Fran
cisco, the other remains there in strict Sc
clusiOn.
The young lady who the Chronicle
speaks of was Vaccinated three times from
the arm of a native here some years ago.
These are facts which can easily be proven"