The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-08-30
REMEDY HAS some MERIT
EXPERTS REPORT ON NEW CURE
FOR LEPROSY.
DR.. Camp Details to Dr. Carm chael the
lihi Receiving Station.

nm htcelNlnS station.
For some time experiments have been
in progress al the kalihi receiving sta
tiun with the extract of a Venezuelan
shrub said in Nenzuela to be a cure for
lepTusy. 1t is known there as tua-tua
it was sent here by the Department of
Agriculture and the Marine Hospital
service.
Or. g. f. Camp in a letter dated Au-
gust IL, 1900 has given DR.. d. A. Car
michael the results Of the experiments
so far. The letter is as follows:
1 have The honor to report on the re-
suit OF an experiment made ON subjects
OF leprosy with the fluid extract of ia
uupuu CUsoypitulia.
We received at the laboratory two
bottles Of the pure extract and two
bottles containing mixture in which
the fluid extract of Jatrupha Glossy
pifola ana iudide of potash were the
principal ingredients. In the follow
ing lines l specify the pure extract as
extract and the second as mix
ture.'
Seven subjects suffering from leprosy
We're selected: % M. L., aged 40
years; has very heavy tubercular af-
lection Of the face, especially about
the eyes and eyebrows Family his
tory clean. Does not know of any
branch of his family suffering from
leprosy. Has noticed present affection
for three years. Nationality, pure
blooded Hawaiian. Fifteen C. c. of
mixture" given on first day and 80
C. C. of mixture" given on the sec
ond, third, fourth, fifth, sixth eihgth,
and 20 c. c. on the ninth, tenth, elev-
enth, twelfth thirteenth and four
teenth days July, 1907
(2) NJ. X, age q years; macular and
u.
Family history clean. Suffering from
leprosy for three months according to
his history.) Pure Hawaiian blood.
Fifteen c. c. of mixture" was given
for one week: 20 c. c. of extract" CIV
en- daily for the second week.
In cases Nos. l and 2 there was none
of the physiological effect which was
described to be the result of taking the
drug, viz: pains in the stomach,
cramps over body, etc; nor was any
result on the eruption noted.
go NJ. W., aged 65 years; affected
about ten years Eruption all over
body. No tubercular modules partial
paralysis of one side of body, of both
for one week: 20 C. c. of fluid extract
given for four days
(D NJ X, aged % years; Hawaiian.
macular eruption on chest and arms.
Affected for two years. One brother a
leper. Fifteen C. c. of mixture" Civ
en- first day; 20 c. c. of extract" given
second day
Case No. noticed the physiological
effect at the end of the second week
and the beginning of the third week
The bowels were loose, with consider
able griping, but not sufficient to con-
fine him 10 bed. The stiffness of his
arms and legs at the end of the third
week was much lessened. For several
years he was unable to bend his ell
bows much, especially the right arm.
| When I last saw him he could button
his collar. The pains of his leg and
body had disappeared at the end of the
third week. The eruption over his
body was much pdler, but none had
disappeared; nor had they lessened In
extent. There was, however, "A re-
markable improvement in his feeling.
Case No after the second dose had
considerable amount of gripping pains
and refused to take any more medi-
cine, being under the impression that
we intended to kill him to save the
expense of keeping him any longer.
At the end of the second week of
treatment of Nos l. 2, and 4, No. s.,
John Wallace; No. 6, joaquin Nunez;
No. T. Peter All Kone; No. s, Cecilia
Oh Moe, were put under the treatment
of the mixture" and the extract
they being pushed to their physiological
effects.
Case No. 8, aged 10 years; half-Ha-
Waiian; macular eruption on body;
clean history.
Case No. 6, aged u years Portu-
guese; tubercular eruption on face and
macular eruption all over body. Fam
lily history clean.
Case No, 7, Peter All Kone half Ha-
waiian, half-Chinese; macular eruption
on face.
Case No. s, female; half Hawaiian,
and half-Chinese; macular eruption of
face.
In cases Nos. and there was per-
ceptible paling of the eruption; other
wise as in cases Nos. and 8. There
was no diminution in the size of the
eruption nor any disappearance of the
tubercles
The remedy had to be given in much
| larger doses than directed, to get it's
physiological effects.
In the opinion of the experimenter,
the remedy has some merits.