The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-01-08
HOFFMAN,
ON THE OIL
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ChaImoogra Treatment
For Leprosy.
PSYCHOLOGISTS REPORT
Experiments at kalihi Receiving
Station are Explained to
Health Board.

The following is Bacteriologist Hofr-
mann's report to the Board of Health on
the treatment of leprosy by subcuta-
neous injections of Chalmoogra Oil:
To the President and Members of the
Board of Health
Gentlemen. In the following lines
please find my report on treatment of
leprosy by simultaneous injections of
Chalmoogra oil:
Dr. Donitz related in an article pub
lished in the "Berliner Klnische Wo-
ohenschrift" on the Sd of September,
1900, that he treated several persons af-
fjcted with leprosy, internally with
Chalmoogra oil, but was forced to fore
go this treatment on account of the i'll ef-
fects which the oil had on the stomach.
For this reason it occurred to DR.. Do
nit. to inject the oil hypodermically
which he did, and in two months the re-
suits were encouraging enough to recon-
mend further trial of this treatment.
Dr. Donitz lays no claim however, to
the above method of treatment, as Tur-
TOLLS Bey had before obtained good re-
suits from this manner of administering
the drug. DIR. DonitZ states in his paper
that an injection, even of a few drops of
the oil. is followed by a local and gen.
eral reaction, |. e., a slight reddenng of
the skin and soreness on the place of in
lection and a slight rise in the tempera-
ture, with signs of irritation of the dis
eased parts, especially noticeable in
cases where the eyes were afflicted,
where always a pericyclitis followed the
injection and afterwards cleaning up of
the leprous infiltration.
He repeated the iniection-0 20, 5 c.
C. m.-when the reaction disappeared.
The results obtained in two months
were, that the nfiltrations of the skin
~ere decidedly disappearing.
These above facts inspired in me a de-
sire to begin a trial of this treatment, at
Kalihi Receiving Station, which / did
commencing October 4th 1900, eight
persons afflicted with various forms of
leprosy and added to this number, one,
October Sth October 22d, and
three November Goth.
The temperature has been taken twice
daily. No other method of treatment has
been given to any one, and the results so
far obtained are as follows:
One-No bad effects have been expert
erced by any one of the patients, with
the exception of very few small alb
scesses on the place of injection.
Two-The injections caused a local re-
action more or less and were painless
with the exception of one case, which al
ways had Immediately graduating pains,
which, however, disappeared in two or
three days Following the injection a
slight rise of temperature to about 100
was noticeable in most of the cases, in
hours, no matter how large the dose was
i! e., large doses up to c.c.c.--it did
not seem to cause the temperature to go
to a higher degree.
In some cases no rising of the tempera-
ture was at all noticeable In others not
regularly.
No case has, during this treatment, de-
veloped any new outbreaks of the dis
ease, a fact which would be of great i'm
portence If 1t should be found true in
prolonged treatment.
In tubercular cases. especially the
worst-looking cases. was a decided inn
provement noticeable.
The tubercles are smaller, the skin is
not any more tense and has recuper-
ated it's elasticity.
In all nerve cases the treatment was
less noticeable, except that every person
claimed to have felt 'life"-as they them
selves termed tin the henumbed parts. |
The least effect was found on the erup-
tons of the skin without tubercles, only
that stated above an outbreak of new
eruptions has not been observed.
The time elapsed since the beginning
OF this treatment at Kalhi Receiving
Station Is too short to allow anything
else, than to express hope to prevent
hv this treatment, further spreading of
the disease and regaining of the normal
shape of the parts which have been dis
figured by the tubercles.
The following was Bacteriologist Hoff- |
manns report the merits of Jarabe |
para Ia elefancis, and tua-tua:
On the 10Th of December, 1900, I receiv- |
ed two bottles of Jarabe para la Elefan-
els and two bottles of tua-tua extract |
from DR. Carmichael with the under
standing to give those preparations |
trial in the Kalihi Receiving Station.
Two patients since then have taken !
daily three tablespoons of the first prep
aration; so far without any result; even |
the purgative and emetc effect which |
this medicine Is claimed to have, could |
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