The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-01

Sheriff Everett, and since his death no
one had been appointed to succeed him.
a request from Sheriff Andrews, ask
ing permission to sell the delapidated
pest house at Wailuku to Jose Juan
for $25 was read and the request was
granted.
The following communication was
read by President Smith:
No. 30 West Fourth Street.
New York, L. S. A, Sept. u. 1896.
President w. o. Smith, Board of Health.
Honolulu, Hawaii:
Dear Sir-D. GoIdschmidt. late of Ma
dena, now al Paris. in letter to me. last
December, proposed that a Congress of
leprogists should be held for the sup
preston and prevention of leprosy. In
letter | wrote to DR.. Armauer Hansen, 1
referred TO this proposition and suggested
the formation of an international COM
m.ttee, one delegate from each govern
ment, to be permanently active, to meet
once a year, and to take cognizance of all
questions and problems relating to leprO-
sy, all over the world. l also suggested
the collection of a fund, in every country,
for the use of this committee, to support
asylums, where such help is wanted, and
ed. DR.. Hansen, at once received these
overtures with favor and submitted them
to his chief, who in turn, communicated
them to the Norwegian Government. In
his answer to me DR.. Hansen said that
it was the desire of the Norwegian ply
sicians that the seat of the first leprosy
congress should be Berger Norway, and
that the Norwegian Government was will
ing to issue the call for the first leprosy
congress, provided it had assurances of
sympathy from other governments. 1 at
once applied to President Cleveland, to
Her British Majesty, to the Emperor of
Germany, to President Diaz of Mexico, to
Lord Aberdeen of Canada, to the japanese
and Chinese Governments, and to all the
Republics of South America. L also sub
mitted this scheme to the American Deo-
matological Association, to the American
Public Health Association (of Canada, the
United States and MeXico) and to Miss
Clara Barton, the President of the Amer
can Red Cross Society. 1t is to be COM
municated also to the Pope through Arch
bishop COrrigan. 1t is desired that every
influence that may exist, of any kind, be
brought to bear upon the different gov
ernments so that they may consent to ap-
point official delegates. OF course lepro-
logists in their private capacity, or as
united, and are expected to attend. The
committee, formed by the delegates, will
be exclusively concerned with the pro-
mitigation and application of laws suit
able to the suppression and prevention of
leprosy in each country, leaving the dis
cussion of questions of etiology, bacteri-
ology cure, etc, to the specialists. This
is the plan it stands now, and as it was
submitted by me to DR.. Goldschmidt. DR..
Goldschmidt, in his reply, has suggested
that Moscow be the seat of congress, as
the International Congress is to meet
there next year This is open to the fol-
lowing objections: 1st.-If the leprosy
congress is held in Moscow, along with the
regular International Congress. it will of
necessity fall into position of secondary
influence, and will be in fact only a section
of the General Congress. 2nd.-Hansen is
entitled 20 claim the first leprosy congress;
he being the discover of the lepro bacillus.
3rd.-The Norwegian Government having
been the first to express a willingness to
issue the call (Which should be issued by
a government, not by individually, is en>
titled to the honor. 4th.-If the congress
is now taken to Moscow, after the NOrwe
gian physicians have expressed a desire
to have it in Norway, before even Mos
COW was suggested, the Norwegian ply
sy congress without Hansen cannot well
be imagined.
Will you kindly publish this letter and
ask the leprologists of Hawaii to COM
municate to the Provisional Committee of
the Congress as it exists: DR.. G. Armauer
Hansen, Bergen, Norway; DR.. Jules Cold
schmidt, 4 Rue Dannan, Paris, France; DR..
Albert S. Ashmead, West Fourth ST., New
York, their own ideas about this great
scheme, and to offer such suggestions as
may help to advance it. May we hope also
that you will use your own influence to
obtain from your government as assur
ance of its willingness to appoint dele
gate and help to make the first leprosy
congress a success.
Very truly yours,
ALBERT S. ASHMEAD, MD.
The matter was referred to commit
tee on treatment of leprosy. A letter
from Dr. Eldredge was read regarding
the charges for hotel odations
and medical examination al Kusatsu
Mineral Springs, Japan. This is a place
where foreigners and japanese are
treated for leprosy and skin diseases.
When DR.. Wood was at the Springs he
obtained samples of the water, which
he brought here. AS it is considered
an important matter, DR.. Wood was to
procure a chemical analysis of it.
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