The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-07-30
A REGULAR SESSION OF UNUSUAL
INTEREST is HELD.
News from Experimentation Dis
cussed-Reports from Molokai-
Fishing-W o. Smith President.

Wednesday, President Emerson, DIR.
Wood, Mr.. Smith, Mr.. Lansing and
Mr.. Keliipio present. Drs. Meyers,
Alvarez, Howard and Mr.. Crawford
were present as visitors.
Dr. Emerson resigned from the Of
flee of President and Mr.. Smith was
reelected to the position. DIR. Emerson
was given vote of thanks for his
services.
Mr.. Smith, by request of the Board,
gave a brief account of his and DIR.
Woods recent visit to Japan and
China on quarantine matters. On mo-
ton of DR.. Emerson the report was
ordered embodied in the minutes OF
the meeting. The report was first
submitted to President Dole as the
trip to China was under a commits
sion from the Government.
Mr.. Crawford presented the petition
of one All Sin, an opium fiend, for per-
mission to use the drug until he is
which would be about month. The
patient came before the Board and
proved pitiable specimen of human
ity. He was granted permission to
get two drachms from the dispensary
for four weeks.
Mr.. Smith stated that i'm addition to
~, Il IL
DR.. Wood and himself investigated the
courses of study in medicine pre-
scribed in Japan and China, and the
kind of diplomas issued. In both
countries diplomas would in future be
recognizable from certain signatures
that must in all cases appear upon the
diplomas.
Mr. Keliipio reported 3S,9S9 fish in
spected during the past week.
Letter and quarterly report of med
ical work at the settlement were read
and filed. The improvements formerly
contemplated at the settlement will
be made as early as possible. The
medical bath house at Kalaupapa and
shed at the landing will be the first
taken in hand.
Two letters from Assistant Manager
Hutchinson were read.
A letter from DR.. Davidson of Laha-
Stowe did not go to that place, he
might be reappointed to the position
of Government physician. The Board
decided to allow DR.. Davidson to act
until final arrangements could be
made.
Another petition from Chinese fish
ermen asking that restrictions be re-
moved from vested rights in and out
of the harbor was read Mr.. Smith
thought il would he perfectly safe to
raise the tabu during the winter
months when cholera was not epidem-
ic in China and Japan. At present it
would not do at all.
The case of DIR. Akana, malpractice,
was postponed until next meeting.
This matter has had no attention from
the Board since Mr.. Smith left.
Mr.. Ellis Mills, charge d. Affaires,
requested through Major Potter the
course to be taken by dentist before
he may engage in business in Homo
lulu.
| DIR. Alvarez reported on the matter
of rules at Kalihi that no one was al
lowed to visit the enclosure of the hos
pital nor any of the boys to leave the
place without permission of the man
ager.
From this point the Board branched
off on the subject of vaccination and
discussed it for half hour. DIR.
Howard said that fully seventy-five
per cent of the adults of the Islands
had never been vaccinated. The Board
| looked upon this condition as a seri-
Gus menace to the health of the com
munity, and discussed measures for
bringing the importance of vaccina-
ton to the attention of adults. Mr..
Reynolds reported 200 tubes of virus
on hand and 100 more on the way.
BY request DR.. Wood told about the
act to mitigate in Japan. He said it
was much like the law here save that
a complete license and segregation
We're contemplated, and the law was
! ri0i6ly anforcad Tbie s,,hiaot la1 20
that of cremation, upon which both
DR.. Wood and Mr., Smith had some
thing to say.
Adjourned.