The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-07-03
DOCTORS SCARED
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tiops could pc properly explained, it |
would be different, but we have 10 |
guard against triCkery and there is no !
way of our absolutely knowing what |
we are getting unless the applicant |
then and there answers the questions |
in English and shows that he knows !
what he is doing.
"The interpretations are extremely |
unsatisfactory, said Dr. Taylor but |
we are not discriminating against the |
little brown men. | have rather a lik- |
ing for them and we have been as e- |
nient as possible. There are not !
great number of Japanese doctors COM |
ing into the country. In the last year,
only fifteen, and despite the difficulty
we have experienced with their eXami- |
nations we have extended all the OPP
pOrtunities we consistently could to-
wards them and up till now there has
been no cutlery In California, the law,
not the resolution, but the law states
that examinations must be conducted
in English There are sixty thousand
Germans in that state as there are
sixty thousand japanese in this terri
tory but | have not yet heard them
complain. If | wanted to practice in
Berlin l would have to pass my exa-
limitations in German. We made the
regulation and we expect to keep it.
Some time ago a Japanese came to
ed that the applicant could he thought
answer the questions in English He
asked leave to take the paper home, to
return it the next day and we let him.
He kept them three weeks and return-
ed with the answers in English copied
work for word out of a text book that
l happen to have copy Of | had an
other examination held over him by
| DR.. Katsuki and the answers this time
were very different. The applicant
/ showed an air of knowledge however
and we passed him.
| DR. Tomizo Katsunuma, a veterinary
surgeon with good idea by this time
| of what the examinations are like,
| usually escorts the Japanese appli-
cants and possibly finds it to his inter-
| est to so corral the trade. l cannot,
/ the others cannot tell whether we are
getting Katsunuma's answers or the
! applicants DR.. Katsuki, who is a Gull
! tured Japanese gentleman tells me that
/ it is almost impossible to 50 translate
! the questions to an applicant that the
| returns will be perfectly satisfactory.
| Dr.. Katsuki is certainly the man best
qualified to act as Interpreter speaking
English thoroughly besides being an
! excellent physician. He explained to
us how the medical system is carried
out in Japan. There is a government
university at Toxic that practically
controls the country. Each department
| or prefecture, has a school subject to
| and controlled by the college at Toxic.
After obtaining a certificate, the would
be doctors are bound to secure a fur
Their license, which they get after eXa-
minatiOn from a board of doctors be-
longing to the Toxic cellege. Gradual
ties of the Toxic schools are the only
one not required to hold this addition
al license These diplomas and licenses
from the Toxic schools are generally re-
cognized and l was willing myself that
J japanese doctors holding these govern
mental reCognitionS should lie con-
sidered equal to practicing on their
countrymen here as well as in Japan.
"Dr. KatsuK warned us however
that certificates over fifteen years ole
are not first class restrictions having
been lax then. These old certificate.
are often exchanged for later ones
How are we to discriminate? l asked
the doctor if he would Oliiciate as inter
prefer but he said that while he wal
- willing to give all his time and sixth to
4 wards unraVelling the present. tanEle
Y and refused any idea of compensation
i he could not successfully carry out ~
s examination Their anatomical term
r. differ greatly from ours, lheir anato
o mical ideas, their mateua medica ar
o different, In explaining he linguistic
s often becomes the tutu" "a ther THAI
e the examiner against his viii. An ans
K Wer TO question of what is IN
aOrta" win bring OUl the reply that
p is "a vessel in the neck but the lppli
- cant may not be as ignorant IS n
2, seems but be vainly trying on his par
.e as We on oars 10 employ his thought
through an unfamiliar medium Daff'a
by technical terms There are many u
the finest physicians of course who can
not speak a word of English. bur hp'
ann ] to be satisfied? Low 10 | know
whether the interpreter is either trust
i worthy or capable2 one bad doctor ad
mitted might do q great deal of dam
age.
Last December / was called upon b
a committee OF the plan .ers' associate
who were afraid that our ruling Woul
discriminate aga inst the imnigTa ion q
:. Japanese and therefore damage thei
industry. They requested Il delay q
three months and We gave II to them
l had previously to tnat intol ned tn
treasurer II our ruling. They tuld m
that the consular representatives, ha
not been 50 informed and | mysy'
mailed the seventeen letters of informa
ton to the Representatives forthwith
The Japanese are in the majority her
perhaps but not in the ascendaucy. Thi
is an American territory. We are EN-
phatically not discriminating agains
them i'm any way
DR.. j. T. WaysOn, at less length cor
roborated substantially the opinion O
Dr. Taylor. The Board Of Health ma
no jurisdiction over us" said he IAN
when they hand in an applicant to u.s.
they have nothing more to do with him
If they make a ruling that Englisl
must be spoken which they did, WIN
they should not have passed the appli
cant on to us. We nave the authorit!
to make the ruling and the reason i
very plain.
suppose we say to a man in exa
minatiOn What is the ibula? Japanes
anatomy is different from ours, the in
terpreter may not know the latin term
probably doesn't He has to PRACTICAL,
admit to the applicant that he is ask
ing the name Of a bone in the lowe
! leg. So with other questions. The!
have to be so explained by the interpre.
ter that any applicant Of any smart
. wit d L