The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1888-11-06

ulaiSon are scattered. the roads are mere
bride paths and the distances 70 be
travelled are very great san lever ap-
preciaie the hard work that really
Conscientious doctor has to do apart from
the exercise q his skill in the practice
Of his profession. Even on Kauai and
on Oahu, where the roais arg god aud
the distances not very great, there is 4
great deal ii COUNTRY to De Travelled over.
and such physicians as DIR. Campbell oi
Wsimea, DR., Walters Of Iihne, aud Dr.
carter Of waialua have to be constantly
in the saddle and aggregate couple Of
thousand miles travel year in and year
oat. BUT when such districts IS the two
Koh2lAs snd the two Konas Of Hawaii
And the Hama district Of Maui Sre con-
siderei. the DEBTORS work is very much
harder, for he has 10 contend with dis.
tances lar greater than those OF Kauai or
Oahu. and the physical characteristics OF
the country 10 be traversed are on 3
to:ally different scale to those Of the lat
ter Islands.
Take tor instance the case of DR.. Bond.
who hiss charge OF the districts Of North
and South Hohala- We have known
him TO make his regular trip 70 Hawai-
hae. four hours and half ride, attend
TO sill patients who presented themselves,
return TO his home in Kohala, smother
four and : hSli hours ride, to find
messenger from Waimea awaiting him
on an urgent case: then il was 10 boot
and saddle Sgain for four Sud half
hours' ride to Wsimea To ride these
distances in the time we have given
means quick going, and those who have
been over the road alone know of its
bs&tifc character, Its loose stones, its
rock pieces, its blind trails, its fogs, when
you cannot see your hand before YOU:
its burning heat ST midday and lis raw
Sleety cold at midnight. We have here
given no hypothetical case. the fsets
happened Is We have related and similar
elses are occurring in SII the settled dis
iricts every day. Or. Oliver Of North
and South hOaa has district extend
ing nearly hundred miles in length and
running twenty miles into the mountains.
The rosds wind among the cast bends
of the Island and have been untouched
for years The Hans doctor has to con
tend With steep pals, TO look from whose
eddy tops Is enough 10 make s weak
head swim and yet, rain or shine. day
light or dark, the doctor hiss 10 20 of st
the csll OF duty and attend to his patients.
It can De easily understood how hard it
Is for country doctor 10 perform MS
duties faithfully. That most OF them do
Is very much to their credit
We have made these feE remarks be-
cause sc have heard people Who know
OF the conditions OF life on the
other Islands criticising the doctors aud |
considering that their duties are BY no |
means u1eruCs- We think ne have put !
the case pretty clearly to relieys this
class Of critics. OF course there are
vho DO not DO their duty, and
II these complaint should be made to the
Board Of Health. bat tE5se who do their
duty 2re only human and cannot De in
TWO places Ii once. "a barriR' they were
bird. 2 As the IriShman Is said to put Il
b the way, Why does not the Board
Il Health provide for 5 physician 10 %
.hruCzh the district OF Puma, say once :
MOUTH The native pop1Iztiou L mainly
a7ncentrated around KzLzlgnz and
azIu1u- thIrry-si=.tt miles fran HiIo.aud
I 1 impossible 10 get any medical adj
rice Eithaot riding the nat tooeasy mad
/ physician going through the distht
lace noath eouId prescribe fur such
-iLnsu-s IS slow levers and 80 forth,
Ehich O',c.zsi1nzIly break oct and Eh5eh
suetsiELIT Affect The Children