The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-11-06
THE CURSE OF HAWAII.
THE RAPID SPREAD OF LEpncgY
AMONG THE INHABITANTS.

fui Disease,
nuy resident at honolulu, whose educa-
eioh ana Accomplishments rank lar above the
average even III BOSTON, tod me that she
was hou certain she lad ever seen more than
one Vi e"o lepeis curing h'r residence OF
tWehty years, and then only by visits to the
lsh markers IN the earliest morning hour.
consult the almanac or political pamphlet Of
the AaiaKaua government and you get 10 in
iormatlon OF leprosy. The lepers now num-
per between ,OoO and l,5oO, though amy
estlinate can only he an approximation, since
pronounced and plainly visible cases only are
coiiessed lepefs' IL might be ialr to say
Inere are i,SOO lepers out OF 1O,uJJ natives.
Inc Victim OF TINS disease Is subjected to the
ureadiul rate oil lneSoiable, n1evocablo ban
isnnleht upon the discovery OIL the tact.
hence the pauehti alued by all MS Eindred,
eVaues uetectioh 10 the last, ana oltehtllnes
this Is successfully done until the most re-
pulsiVe stages OF the disease are reached.
1auBho py the alarming increase Oh TINS dis
orueri the authorlties rlgldly seek to separate
unoso infected from thoso not afflicted, and
nave sec apart what Is known as "Lepers'
Naney'" on the Island OF Molokni, where, APP
proaehed ny narrow inlet, bay and small
territory is FOUND, surrounded by mountains
700 loity 10 admit OF escape, except through
inc entrance lhat Is carefully guarded to pre-
vent lhgress or egress. We dwell upon the
poetlc picture OF inc fluto'illl shores, and
iecal .ne nouelul WAfillhs' " u" enters here
ieaVes nope Nehihu' Tut 70 my iAilh nothing
50 ulre exists as TINS dreadful Journey 10 the
Lepefs valley
Inc query OF course Is this' what is i'll
EVeryD ,,.i iot lulotic would ask that ques-
tiol lt1 c''usOs ~ ana 'ili7 j. about the
Oniy question 'naO litelllseht people agree
On III answering phils! thats the word
SuPt' NooN llho missionaries arc very severe
On NM, ana VIII DC Judge, 10 The latest
eeheiauoi9 hau some SAD wrecks with him
III MS 'oS"ses' ana unfortunately lor them
nc luiiueu among tne hawailans This, as l
guy, 10 lnu colco'leu source ana character
oi leproSy, ana you must not expect me
10 lnterlard what write with terms scientific
WISH TO be understood and not to be re-
gaTded WISE
Next Is thefe any curof And have
qui]@eu tue uest physclans That could hear
vi ana ma mat rome ciaih to know a
speoliic' \ QUICK HNed III the Islands Tor
sonle yours VINO pretended TO cure the disease,
ou' nc was soon louliu 10 be an empire ami
was conileheu {" nee after lhJurmg his
P"Uieh.s ny uVsuructlNo drugs. IL Is needless
10 say ne leit WITH well filled pockets from
inc fruits OF successful humhuggely. One
person, apparently very intelligent, spoke Of
Japanese doctor now trying now method
ana many experiments, confidently predict
ing curative treatment
But the most anxious inquiry of all re-
mains; rs 1t contagious Tho increase Of
TINS curse, that so rapidly dccimatcs a simple
people ana other races IN contact, naturally
ntensiiies this question Contagious it must
De. but how communicated.
was reliably informed that ior long time
the theory was entertained that the virus was
carried from the miserable subjects by the
mosquito! Let your imagination play upon
this conception for moment Afterward it
was determined that this theory must be
wrong else All WuulI be lepersi for the mus
quitoes in all this region are a myriad
whittier ami how far contact dsseminates
tine disease has been matter Of experiment
by incubation. And recently a man CON
demned TO death was turned over to the ex-
perimentmg doctor, but, niiabic dictu. lit
wouldn't take, though they tried it by vac
cination over and over and from different in
dividuals The explanation was that he was
man of great physical yiSor whose system
resisted the virus, thus terrifying the theory
of many that the disease makes Roadway only
among those with enervated constitutions.
and that the HawaiIans are a race degenerate
through laxity Of morals.
Not long since a medical practitioner. VERY.
eminent in his profession. who had attained
wealth and was surrounded by n dotino FINN
lily, announced that be must not he M
preached, that lac feared he was infected with
leprosy. He hal. hcen experincntina in inocu-
latiou and othar,t iso 10 di-,.,...,. ,.,,,, -. 4
cure, and though usin, every known nrecs,,'
ton, as gloves in handling and disinfactonts
and as any but natives are seldom infected
=. 1,s .nVu-H' iils''ne' hu. II soon trans
Nv the fa,I , D, !' qe3lioii ne was attacked
less, and ths is anparetly wo, ,s. ,b Will +i
biblical curse visited tpon tbe thirl and fourth
generations There Is stll another and nla,,si,
ple hotl"h regarding a. to the spreading Of