The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-04-22
KAHUNAS As
PHYSICIANS
LeperS Prefer The
Treatment OF
Natives.
riiE investigation into the Moiokai

a. lie Investigation into the Molokai
settlement charges brought out
4 some interesting Information re-.
rardiur various matters with which
the public is little acquainted. The
transcript Of testimony filed With the
report gives many details not found in
the committees summary.
william Bruins Is the leper who has
been In reality acting "a the medical
adviser al the settlement, and he says
that kahunas prescribe for the sick Of
tcner than the regular physicians.
Bruins testified that DR.. oliver was
impartial in his treatment OF the sick.
I'm this case" continued the witness,
there was very little to be done. Every
other native is a kahuna, and in most
cases they have no use for doctors
THE kahunas didn't bring the mag
gots, did they?" asked the Attorney
General.
| NO. not in that case. But there is a
regular nest Of kahunas.
rs one of the reasons why, as you
say. every other native is a kahuna
due to the impression among the ma
tives that the doctor doesn't attend t.
his business"
mo, sir; the natives are very super
stitlous."
II understand that. Is that one rea-
son. an impression that DR.. Oliver does
TT attend to his business as hC
should?"
mo, | don't think so. I think all OF
the doctors who have been here have
had that same trouble, very often tn,
kakunas interfering with their bust
ness. | think with every doctor you
would bring here, he would experience
the same trouble. At first there would
be q rush, but after a while it would
dwindle down to the same thing az
now. have seen the doctor go in on,
door and the kahuna go out the other
!. They call him in and medicine is lief
there. and then the kahuna would trea
hin also, and the natives refuse t
take the doctors medicines"
A BOOK ON LEPROsY.
Or. Oliver in his testimony said, il
! answer to the question:
"Have you no means of making con
tributions to science, as to the advanc
OF this disease, and the conditions of it
cures and the advance obtained b,
certain modes of treatment"
Il have notes enough to make severa
volumes, but I never published any
thing at all because ] have not tn
| time to get them together"
! TUA-TUA EXPERIMENTS.
BY DR.. Pratt:
r About the tua-tu / sent to you
5 Are You keeping an exact record q
t each case?"
$ DIR. DIVERT have it here"
You are keeping a record of tn
: symptoms as they go along each day?
" There are no symptoms"
, You have not had any symptoms
. the physiological effects of the drug
e This is for DR.. Sloggett If you wi
T. read 1t and seal it up you will see on tn
t first page all about it. / have all tn
- names and how much they are taking
T. They are taking large doses of it, bu
y what will come of it l don't know
d FATHER wENDOLIN.
:. The record discloses none of I'll
l. charges upon which the removal
I Father Wendoln was requested. Tt
, only testimony given by him was {
;, follows:
Il Did you so for the doctor when
+; woman was suffering with dropsy?"
e Yes, but | didn't call the doctor"
:, do You know who dido"
II Il presume when / went to the We
g man ] found she was suffering, and
II met Mr., Bruins; and when j met him O
. the road l said there was a case
+ dropsy, and perhaps she would accel
- treatment and perhaps not-becaus
V she was a Mormon"
c DO you know anything about II
r Pilipo natter"
only what l was told. did not s,
u the man."
This was the case of woman who
% 1t is alleged that DIR. Oliver was Gale
n upon to see while on a hunting tri
,, She died during his absence.