The Hawaiian gazette., 1886-03-30

The ear marks in certain articles which
have appeared In the Government organ
are very clear indeed. A fortnight ago
We reviewed DR. Arning's pamphlet, but it
/ took a week for the President of all the
/ Boards to move. at last he has moved. and
as can be clearly seen by those who re
member the Nzs0H and the p. c. 4. of 1851
and 81 has moved IN person.
Now what Is really the issue. 4 gentle
man OF suitable requirements has been
invited to these shores. He has pur-
sued term of investigation which pointed
10 ultimate success. He furnished what.
IN the opinion of not one physician. but in
the opinion of the following. viz: Drs. G.
Trousseau, John Brodie. Jno. 5. McGrew.
H. McJrew, \. B. Emerson. Mrs. Fmer-
son, r. Mckibbln, Charles I. Rodgers. G.
II. Martin and S g. Tucker was a atisfac
tory one, ana his work, by them was regard
ed as so important that letter. signed by
them stated that DR.. Awnings removal
and the consequent interruption of the
important work IN which he has hitherto
been engaged Will be little short of pub-
lie calamity" With that opinion agree
the most prominent laymen here, and to
show that they agree, our merchants sub
sc1bed handsome sum to retain the ser
vices Of DR.. Arning in the country. and to
enable him TO carry out his Investigations
for period of two years more. All they
asked was that DR.. Arning should have
the same facilities which he had when he
first came here. In reply to this the Pres
ident of the Board of Health. who acted
without consulting his colleagues. refused
to give DR.. Arning the facilities which he
had previously enjoyed and tied him down
to single spot, refusing him permission
70 carry on his Investigations at Kakaako.
This offer was worded in such a way. that
though 1t Is used as a shield under which
the President of the Board covers himself.
yet be knew very well that DR.. Arnipc to
carry on his researches satisfactorily could
not accept it.
Thus the question stands. On one side
the President of the Board OF Health. W.
NJ Glbson-on the other the Drs. 6.
Irousseau, John Brodie. Jno 5. McGrew.
Henri McGrew, \. B. Emerson. Mrs. DR..
Emerson, Robert McKibben, Charles 7.
Rodgers, 6. H. Martin and S. G. Tucker.
backed by every prominent man here The
statement will hardly be believed abroad.
that one man, and that man layman.
because his own egregious vanity and CON
cert has been wounded. IN that he could
not make Of DR.. Arning subservient tool.
should be able TO practically DEFY such
welghty names as those we have quoted.
The terms in which the organ speaks
Of the medical profession are disgraceful. |
Ihe I. G 4 dllates upon the fact that ex-
treme wisdom has been shown by ''entrust- |
iFarr hn g Il IA n /
OF the Kingdom to lay Board of Health |
and not to the vagaries of professional en-
plr1clsm and conceit" The professional |
"emplricism and conceit' refers to such |
men as DR.. Arning, and the other gentle |
men and lady whom we have quoted.
What this precious lay Board permits |
% be done in the matter of leprosy Is
shown IN DR.. Awnings report. The soiled |
linen Of the lepers is allowed to be taken /
outside to be washed. Dying lepers are
allowed to be taken TO their homes. and |
his IN spite of the fact that the Bacilla |
LeprR have been found fourishing in large
numbers in corpse which had been buried
lhree months and was in an active state of
Moreover it is well known
hat though the President of the Board of
Health had his attention repeatedly called
@ the fact the lepers at Kakaako used to
lold daily leuoe near the gate and that
money was passed out by leprous hands
n return for fruit and other eatables. that
'lpes were passed from leprous lips to
r1ends outside, and that worst of all
eprous prostitute was cast loose upon the
own, has carried on her nefarious traffic
md that she was set at large by order of
he President of the lay Board of Health.
Truly the President of the lay Board of
health can congratulate himself upon what
las been done
The question is asked. what can former
Soards on which physicians sat point to.
hey can point to intelligent effort to get
I'd OF leprosy. they can point to the estab-
shment of the asylum at Molokai. and ,,
hey can point to the careful segregation
I lepers- Had the advice of medical men :
experience been taken, leprosy might
OF have been quite stamped out. but it
'ould have been IN fair way to extinct I
N instead of raising, as it now does. its
ldeous head close to our hearths and
ONES. IN
Because DR.. Trousseau came forward in c
efence of DR.. Arning, when the latter was
bused by the organ of the President of !
le Board of Health, he is told that though a
We have very great respect for what the
edical faculty actually know, all sen :
bic people understand that this is Q
mere trihe to what they pretend to c
now" This Of course, is intended as a 9
rect insult But the argument of the i
afender of the Board of Health breaks p
1wn somewhat. for Dr. Arning's dismissal :.
as caused by his not sending a report of = =
hat he might pretend to know Had Il
T. Arnlng sent IN report of couple of te
inbred pages or so, had he plentifully :.
terlarded it with new theories founded A
BON baseless premises. in fact had he Il
ted as quack. instead of as man of II
ience, who carefully weighs every parti- n
e of evidence, and had he to this thrown St
few remarks praising the President of is
e Board of Health, he would not have :
en- dismissed But DR. Arning told the s.
nth, and some portion of the truth is al
ry unpleasant TO the ears of the Presi- "
mt of the Board of Health. He would =
We 1t thought that everything under his
'ay is going on well, when as fact his u
eclous management Is delusion and =
sham. sr
Ayers Pills are efectual in wide range of dis fri
les which arise from disorders of the stomach
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