Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-10-14
~ ruE CHOLERA HOSPITAL.
Description OF the Treatment Good
work by the Attendants.

4 vsit W made 10 the cholera
hospital by a representative of the
BULLETIN on Thursday last. One
is Immediately struck by the scru-
pu'cusly clean condition of every
hing about the premises.
The method of treatment Of cho-
lera patients WAS minuteIy eX-
Dlained. The sufferer was first
'saken to the receiving room whore
all clothing was removed, clean
aightclothes, properly disinfected,
furnished, and the primary treat
ment with tanniC acid solution
given. From this room, which
is at the makai end Of one of the
two long buildings used for
patients before either dead or
conva'escent, the sick ones were
taken to one Of the other twenty
one apartments and there the
course of treatment was continued.
When the force of the disease had
been broken and immedilte dan
ger passed they were taken to the
convalescent ward, where they re-
manned until discharged. The
convalescent ward is separate
from other structures, rs is the
one containing the large room
known as the "morgue' where
bodies were laid out after death.
The two main hospital build
ings are just alike, long, low
affairs, standing side by side and
containing eleven rooms each.
They are numbered one to twenty
two. No. is the receiving
room, Father Valentine occupied
No.2Oand &c. L.Dodge died in No.13.
Frank Godfroy was placed in the
large room adjoining the morgue.
There is no communication be-
tween the two rooms; no door or
window; 50 that Mr.. Godfrey's
story of sleeping next to cada-
yer's' loses all it's gruesomeness
when one learns the real facts.
The origin of the "burying
alive" yarn is as follows: A Japa-
nese potient died and some little
time afterward the condition IF !
the body, while lying in the
morgua, caused muscular CON
traction, very slight and a very
common occurrence. Godfrey |
went in to look at the corpse and
Immediately reported that the
man was not dead, as he had
seen him move. The matter was
soon explained. The medicine
which the natives called poison"
was a simple mixture of brandy
and milk.
One Of the effects of choleraic
trouble is to impoverish the
blood, through removal of the
saline matter it contains. A
hypodermic injection of neutral
salts aids in restoring its condi-
ton.
For eight days after the
entry of the first case Chas.
]. Whitney wds in charge.
After that Armstrong Smith su-
perintended, and Mr.. Whitney be-
came his assistant. These first
eight days were a terrific strain
on the Sy stems of the nurses man
ager and, in fact, all connected
with the hospital. Hard work,
loss OF sleep, and almost total lack
Of proper rest, wore them out one
and all. Besides, the disagreeable
nature of the labor only aggra-
rgated the arduousness of the task.
In spite OF this, there was no
complaining, no shirking of the
performance of any duty, no
matter how menial or revolving its
nature. Especial praise is due to
the entire force.
All the doctors, patients and
others speak in glowing terms of
Mr.. Whitney, who had such
severe burden laid upon him; OF
DR.. Myers, Messrs. Gibson and
Lawrence; Of J. uisa and Lizzie,
who did splendid work amongst
the natives, On August 81, a
case came in during the evening,
and three more between ten and
eleven the next morning Mr.. Whit
Eney attended them all, without
sleep or food,As to the physicians,
they all did everything possible,
mnny Of them overworking them
selves to degree which seriously
endangered their health.
The hospitals and grounds are