The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-07-14

les say that leprOsy cannot be cured 1 be-
lieve 1t . h Conta gious the theory of incuba-
ION ~ leplosy is that it t-kes from one TO ten
yes to develop itself; the disease does not
laem to prefer the same parts of the body
leprosy attacks the nervous system in the anes-
the C foIm iOdide of potassium is used for a
great many different diseases it is n st-ong
m cine, ten SrAinS world he C0nside-ol n
Ii ge dose; L u-e it in a ce-tG'n class of Diseases
L would not Ike to examine :00 pftient1 N q
day Fld prescIi be for them could not do il in
SIX hou- have had a little practice in eye d.
eases have seen Greenwell, saw him in July,
1881; don't IT, * he had a cataract the disease
WIS at the b,ek of the eye where the nerve en-
tarod the eye no operation would benefit the
optic nerve (; L do not think this disease cen ever
be cured; eve operations are considered ve-y 4 fiji
cult. Catarc:t ce1 be examined without tne
optha'mIsCope have tease1 five cases of
leprosy during my -ssidence here from my own
practice L cannot cal myself fully .qual.fed 30
speek on the subject of leprosY / performed no
operation on he Mr.. Greenwell whose eye ex-
enined his general health seemed 20 be good
l knew DR.. Won Pontofidem about six weeEs,
While he YVES here. He was en- ocuist, 1 have
forgotten how l got my information in resG-d o
his being q specialist.
DR.. Hagan called-Am a physIclcn in pr~ectice
in Honolulu educated n the Stahe of Ohio and
IN New York know DIR. Fitch have resided
here one year l saw him operate on NJ. Green
wells eye do not know what was the
matter with the patient l had no interest in
the case 1 I lde-stand the opera on wcs a sue
cess, that is, it was done correc.'y; 1 upders.and
that the mGl carnOt see tbs is presUnp-ve
evidence that here was something else the mat
ter n anOthe- case DIR. Fitch operated for
cat ract Tx he operated successful ly IN
a1Olher CO sc The eye wFs lost through "a
F-c-dent. L cannot say that l would operate
Tor cataract WthOut fist TT with
as ]" kaleidoscope; L think DR.. Fitch told me that
be had had 10 prfcIce il operating on the eye;
the proportion of successful operations for cat2-
ract should be, l think, 60 per cent; DR.. Fitch
has always claimed that leprosy end SYPHILIS
are'the sPme disease; he has pointed out cases to
me IS IN the second or third stcge;" that is
like the stages of syphilis; the manner of DIR.
WIS to ask the pa ent a few questions, make
, certc Ii pr scrip ;ols; he seemed . have the
IDEA that syphi'.s was the U~ivers &, C:sease; he
made the usucl ex. rinat:On; have had expe---
ence i'll leprosy; can orly give an opinion in re-
gard . the contc 5iousness of leprosy, from
reaC ng aud repoT's from indiv-due- cases; from
such L be eve it to be conta ,-Ous; / believe that
syob lis ca be crced in Almost eve-y case; with
leprosy it is not the case; a diploma from IA good
school of med enc gives u man a good stanC-ng
in the profession; a man has got to have a fG-
howl 13e of the branches of medicine 20 get u
d-pLoma.
CrosS-eraminGiion - The average of so per
cent. spoken of i'll eve cases relates q the prac-
tee of specialists; L think it necessary where
there are no eye specialists that the general
prDct .oner should study up the subject; there
are stages of leprosy that are veIydifficult to dis
t.nguish from syphilis; 1 cannot answer as to
whether leprosy is equally contagious IN all its
stages.