Morning journal and courier., 1883-04-30

In the treatmen'; than oasss of nosIariaI fe-
 yer. The cas~I were not aggravated by any
 oaa.lc GI in6Wsnces of this country Dr.
 Onamoerialn', of the staff. said that the
 estsphsnmS Ut of isolated communities was
 aa .1e ony means of preventing the spread
 VI AsP5os J. As the proportion of cases in
 creased so geometrically would the danger
 incresS 3. Dr. Chamberlain knew of two
 lazarS st, or places of isolation, in the Uni
 tea i.States and one in New Brunswick.
 Uns of the former was in California and
 the other on delta of the Mississippi river.
 ne ar New Orleans The police regulations
 nI New Brunswick were strict and protective
 The presence of another disease was not pro
 tection from leprosy. While the exhalations | were not to be feared, contact was, owing to the danger of inoculation. Immigration it might be concluded, opened an avenue for the increase of the scourge. The proportion might be measured by the influx from coun- tries where the disease prevailed.
 The other patients did not seem to mind nor fear the presence of the lepers among said were kept separate. The orderly in the ward sald the lepers were not particularly aisplr1tsd unless it was after they had gone
 70 bed and lay thinking of their condition
 Miller an intelligent man, seemed to feel
 his situation most. During the day, when
 their minds were occupied. they were, as a
 rule, in very good spirits, certainly as good
 as could be expected. Sam Kee was called
 Owney GeogEegan instead of Johnson, his
 adopted nszne, because of his ugly disposi-
 t!on dS started on the rampage short
 tune ego, knocked down the orderly, and,
 getstng hold of a carving-k knife, declared his
 Attention of butchering everybody in the ward. The only way he could be subdued was by putting him in solitary confinement When he recovered from his rage he was very penltent. It was said he had shown 8 bad l disposition ever since he had been in the hos l p1tal. He asked everybody if he was not 1 go1ng to get well, and seemed to think he ] was The others were not troublesome, and
 1ndulged in the unrefractory pastime of card l playing good portion of the time. There | have been other lepers in the hospital Sackichi Niskawa was there for some time and finally returned to Japan, his native land. He discovered the fatal spots while employed by Japanese trading company in this city. He was highly educated and very ] intelligent. While in the hospital his friend, ! Boro Masa, sent to Japan for magic ring to | serpent forming a triple coil. It was old and l worn and the places for three jewels were l empty. fabulous price was paid for it, and l the prophet who sent it said it was 8 sure | specific. The directions were that it was to | be boiled in water and the water drank while I hot Nickawa procured tin cup holding | half pint of water. When the water was l boiling Niskawa drained the cup. Great l tears rolled down his face, but he did not ut \ ter word. The pain must have been in | tense, but he exhibited the most remarkable stoicism. The Dermatological society knows | of several cases of leprosy in and about New 1 York, and the study of the disease is becom- ing more general here.