Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-14

w "a HlNhlN tnllF uht NJ Albany, HnrrlS- 4
burg and Washington legislatures, state /
and national.
The United States government could |
afford to provide sucli MulOial. and tho
moral lencs sent thcrc could hayc their |
legislature and congress and board Of al
dormun aud army AMI navy all OF the Same
blotch. But while tho Hawaiian leels-
lator could be found out aud sent to tho
50 called isle Of prccipices" the moral
leper Is not 50 easily Designated, hccauso
he has the hlotch not so much ON his fore
head as on his heart What every state
and nation now needs Is II Mololiai, or islc
of lepars.
Leprosy Diagnosed.
Conversation nhout lcprosy with for
mer member Of the boaid of health for tho
Hawaiian Islands revealed to me tho fol-
lowing facts;
Queston--In what part Of the systom
does loproy begin It's work.
Answer-It attacks tho ncrvo contera
OIL thought it was disease OF the
blood.
A.-No. 1tbeelns with the norvcs, and
just as tho eirding OF the trunk Of trco
FIRST shows its withoring results In tho tip
end OF tho long branch Of tho trec SO lep.
rosy ig flrstapt to show iisolf In The pamly-
sis or doubling up OF tho little finger, or
in tho toe, or In the Lobe Of the ear. Some
times there appears upon the body shin
ing surface, and IL sunimprcssible. Prick
1t with u pin, and thCrc Is no sting. All
tho rest OF tho putonta body may be in
Precipitation, hut that spot romans dry,
Snmetimcsali tho signs Of physical disorder
disappear and the disease seems gone,
Then there viii como a lcprous foyer, and
thar will throw out blush or etlioresconco
thnt more cuphaticaly announcos tho
progress Of the disease Then all signs
Of skin disturbance disappear, but after
tho following leprous foyer tho case Il
worse than before. So each retreat OF tho
disease IS followed by more decided nd
vanco.
OILS # painfnl'
A.--So That is ono Of tho mnrcics
From the first assault O, the plngue TO the
hour OF death thuro is an absonco OF phys
ical suffering
Q..-But is there no montal doprcssionS
A-Oh, ycsl At Che first acquaintance
Of the fact that the disease Is ON him
horrld gloom settles upon the patient, hut
after awhile slight hops OF recovery is
horn, and tho lnepient lcp9r tries an
forms of cure, and no form Is so absurd
thut win not recommend itself as worthy
of experiment. And then NIL tho timo tho
patient thinks it is something besides lep-
rogy
Q.-Whon a victim Of tho disease Is first
charged with having tho plague, should
think he would resent itY
A.-Yos, and the English law makes ii
libclous case for the courts il man Is
unjustly charged with being lopor
BonlIls Of hcnlth hnvo 20 be very careful In
the work Of segregation.
No Cure Now known For the Plague.
Q.-Arc there any cases of cure9
A-Tho only cases | recall arc those
mentioned IN tho Bihle-Naaman, the
( syrian hero, and tho w cases that Christ
cured, nlne Of thom too mean to nolinowi-
edge tho diyino moiicamcnt,
Q-Whnt in ordinary cases is the We
locity of the disease and how long before
| 1t completes its work.
A.-Won, l have known ono case TO last
10 years. l think tho usual DURANGO ia
I five or six years.
Q.-Has tho lcprosy different modes in
( demonstrating itsclfi
Alt has. The tuberoulous and the
anmstheiic The former l. most rcpulsive
il s,gells and bloats and dlstorts the face
The last sign Of humanity is blottod from
tho countcnance. There are cnses OF this
kind called 'lconlno, FOR the reason that
tho face Is 50 widcncd and enlarged and
made severe that the countonnnco looks
like a lion. Tho an@sthetic form is q
whitening, thinning out, n wasting
away, a depletion u skeletonizing process.
Q.-Is it contiguous
A.-Therc are different opinions about
that. ] have seen in married life tho hus-
band or wife leper for years nnd tho
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