The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-12
ANXIOUS
TO GO TO
MOL0KA|
Physicians Want
DR.. divers
Job.
APPLICATIONS
FROM MANY STATES
AAichisan Man Likely to Be AP.
pointed-A Woman Doctor Re-
quires Good Society.

n sEARLY fifty applications nave
Nt been received by the Board or
Health for the position of resi-
dent physician at the leper set
.l,uent. The requests come from
nearly every state in the Union and
from every branch and degree OF tne
medical profession. The board Is con-
steering most seriously the application
of a Dr. Clarence a. Good, an expert
now at the University OF Michigan, who
desires to come. There are seVerai
drawbacks, however: he wishes the
board to provide facilities for original
work and also to agree to furnish MIN
a medical library for his use while at
the settlement. The board has so tar
been unable to make the concessions
Z asked and is still considering the mat
ter.
The majority of applications received
are not rrom what would be called the
first grade Of medical experts. There
are a number OF excellent physicians
among the applicants, however. ana IL
will be easy to fill the place, though
nearly every applicant has some string
tied to his acceptance OF the place
Probably the strangest condition Oh
any is that of woman physician IN
,racorla who expresses her Willingness
TO minister to the lepers but adds as
proviso that the Board of Health must
urovide society" for her at the set
Element
Altogether there are forty-two ap-
n,fcations before the Board of Health
for the position The greater portion
az the physicians are unmarried
thouph a few offer TO bring wives. All
of them say they are temperate, nom
est. and qualified to fill the position.
There are very few states in the
Union which has not representative
willing to take the position, though no
two are from the same city Beio" OF
given the names and qual1ncauohs VI
the applicants whose letters are no"
before the Board of Health lot con-
sideratton:
DIR. Clarence A Good. assistant Ia
pharmacotogy. University OF Mlcnlsah' Is
the man who now stands the best chance
of appointment. His application was
made at the request of the board OF
Healthy Good however wants facliities
for original work, and also hoera oCaro
of control He graduated in 1888 from
the University of Michigan and was
pathologist for two years at the seale
asylum ,I
George A. Grienmard Of Fftchburg'
Mass, Is q physician OF seven years
standing. and writes that he has con-
siderable practice in small poS cases ne
sDeaks French and English.
w ]. C}oodhue now at Eleele, Kauai
heioe government physician Tor Ine GIG
trict is also an applicant.
Samuel A Ellis of Azusa, Los Ahs9ies
Co. Cal. is graduate OF Ann Aroor anu
the University OF Illinois
7 7 GIL is a resident OF New Orleans,
and a graduate OF New Orleans Cohese'
snd has studied in Europe
c. e. FieIlian Of Peneta AinDoy -,
graduate of the University OF fenhsSi-
yauis class of 1888
II M Gardner wrote from San run
cisco while on visit. He Is graouaee
of Vermont medical college. and h1ciu
her of the Massachusetts state neolcai
society. 80
Edvvin H Haymsnn of Murray CITY.
ohio Is a graduate of Jefferson red'cal
college of Philadelphia, and has had hCs-
Tital experience
Dr A Arthur Jones is a resident OF
Philadelphia and a graduate OF the M oi-
cal college of that city
Tbos F. Judge is resident or Troy
\ Y. and offers to send references
]. Grant Keeler of Rochester, N -
has had hospital and general tralnlhs'
He is % years of age
John N. Kendig OF Ashland. Ohio Is a
graduate of the University of Maryland
DR. F. C. Low of High Bridge, N -
is a graduate Of the University OF Penn
svlvania and also attended Princeton he
tics tbat he has good practice but
wants to study leprosy.
E. f. Levers of Spring Valley, Nyo,
ming. is a graduate OF the Ohio Medical
University.
Arthur A Lawrence of Natick. hass.'
% a rraauate OF Baltimore medical col