Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-07-14


board Of health report Of March, 1854, page
OF: " but hcentiuusncss alone is not to blame
fur the spread Of this disorder. Passing the
tobacco pipe from mouth to mouth is not
uncommon cause, and fully believe the Gus.
tom Of numbers eating poi out Of the same
dish with their fingers also come in under the
same head Witness said Meant by this
syphilis and no, leprosyl
Persons discharged from hospital last June
had passed contagious period. No doctors
approved Of their discharge except myself No
other doctors were present. Thought Summer
safe man 10 allow out. Dr. TrOusseau said
Sumner would be lcpet all his life sam
kamoahakau was also safe when he left Did
not have a sore finger when he left the hos.
pital. No other doctors saw them. Docs not
remember asking Doctor Stangenwald about
Sumner.
As TO syphilis preparing the community for
leprosy-thc fourth stage of syphilis, paraking
uf the nature ol the late second and early ter
Tiny stagcs-the time has not yet come for the
disease 10 have run its course. II is a question
Of centuries, not of years.
DIR. Rogers is assistan, in dispcnsary; took
charge when was gone. Had not closed dis
pcnsnry twice; had not advertised it closed.
Objection to prove allegation sustained by the
court.
In treating leprosy, he had made many symp.
toms disappear IObjec,ion TO naming lady
witness until put upon the stand sustained by
'he e., Suut''l
nc noon recess was then taken until 80
T. '"' .....
Nf'hNN"oN rRoctEpIN"s.
On the reaSsembling Of the court at /. 90
?. Nj. Dr. Fitch again took the stand and con.
tinucd his testimony as follows: Mr. Dole,
] l-rp ipi h., hal
eye cases ir practice here. FIVE Of cataract one
middle cataract, one rigid. Some OF the cases
treated had been successful, others not. Did
no, use the opthalmiscope. Knew the catop-
tric tcSi.; did not use it. Mr.. Grunwald had
a cataract do not know of any cases Of
| leprosy at large that ought to be locked up. II
there are any, don't know where they are. OF
the one thousand and six hundred lepers es-
timatcd to be on the islands, one hundred and
| hity have died, four hundred and fifty have
been arrested, and about seven hundred and
| hity segregated. know OF great many cases
IN town.. but they are all light. Sam, the
native released, had not passed the age which
considered dangerous. recommended his
discharge, because the disease had nearly dis
appeared from him. In the majority of cases,
leprosy IS neither infectious nor contagious.
lMr. Dole quoted from DR.. FItchs report 10
the board OF hcath.l The witness then quail
fed by saying, in "a majority of cases. :"
Asked that Doctor Rodgers be appointed.
Recommended that resident physician at
kalawao be appointed. When asked Mr.
Gibson to appoint DIR. Rodgers to position as
assistant Mr.. Gibson objected, saying, 6 that
man personally tepulsiVe 70 me. MY re,
Iues' "aS "' "is, si'nteu; ANet"afus, nha
uisiE'Ge'nen. h WIN III. Rodgers iouhe ne had
Irpbvu 'o' p1I'.io, ~ les'uInl physician at
N.'l.'M"p' r, D'u no' opJe'' 10 NouseIs on pro
'esS'oha' siouhdS, Inc IePeis nj the settle
,'ent ooJeS'ed' M InEe nor tiS"eu .ne o'ne,
portions oi 'he island ol oahu' beng told !
woulu receive an ofdef when desired 10 &C.
was nor 'ie u'fec''ns manager pia moi con
sun ~ ko1geiS regarding iepefs diSchaised'
ne BOARD o' heallh signed the papers letting
.ne euieu iepsts 60 hy MI iia'ch: Inc at
te'l,'a''ee III 'he 'iSPchsafy varied inc average
curing SIN mon'hS peing about 'hiity-hVe per
day. Al the time oi the discharging OF the