The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-01-28
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tua-tua, the extract having been taken
from plants brought from South Amer
lea 10 Honolulu, and proparated in the
experiment station at hakiki The sim
a pie announcement that cure has been
effected. Is backed w by the heartfelt
protestations of gratitude from the
father and mother OF the boy to those
who were instrumental in making him
Who'll" again. 1t is due 10 DIR. e. E.Camp,
Of this city. formerly on the STAFF OF
the Honolulu Board OF Health, and
Misc Teuira Henry. a teacher In the
public schools. who was once n resident
Of Papeete. Tahiti. that the treatment
was begun on the boy less than year
ago.
More than two years ago DIR. w. II.
Maxwell. the former director Of the
/ Hawaiian Planters Experimental sta
| tion. received from Frederick Coville.
the botanst of the Department of Ag
riculture at Washington, twenty-five
living tua-tua. or anti-leprous shrubs.
They We're planted in the experimental
station grounds. and thrived in this
climate. The Department of Agricul
ture originally received the plants from
Venezuela whence they came with the
assurace that the juices from the odd
plant had been used to treat leprosy
there with success. The medical staff
OF the local Board Of Health made an
extract from the plants Lepers were
treated at the Kalihi receiving station. |
and much progress was noted by DIR.
Camp, who supervised the experiments. |
Just when he seemed to arrive at
critical stage in the proceeding, there
was an Interruption by the removal of
the patients to Molokai, where they
were out of his reach.
Miss Henry told to an Advertiser re-
porter yesterday evening the story OF
the success of the treatment of the Ia
hit!an boy. She also told of the clam
orous requests which the natives OF
that country had made for the extract
I that they. too, might be ceansed OF the
faint. She was enthusiastic over the
latest news she had received from Ia
hiti, but desired above all else that DR..
Camp should be given fun credit for
what had been accomplished.
My attention was first called to the
tua-tua plant" said Miss Henry, by
reading Of it in the Advertiser 1t struck
me then that the priest who had taken
the trouble to give such explicit details
Of a cure effected and known to him,
and send the same on to the authori-
ties at Washington. was sincere. i be-
lieVcd that there was a possibility OF
tua-tua curing persons affected with
the dread disease, and / went to Mr..
laughs at the Government Nursery to
ask for some of the branches and seeds.
| was told to go to the experimental
station of the Hawaiian Planters AS
ISOLATION. There ! was informed that
Dr. Camp could prepare the extract
necessary for the experiments. i saw
him, and he kindly consented to make
a quantity of 1t for me to send to Pa
peete. l got some branches, seeds and
roots, and DIR. Camp told me how to
treat them. Under his direction I
pounded the leaves and seeds and
young branches until they became a
pulp. The extract was a sort of gum
my oil. This l gave to Dr. Camp, who
boiled 1t. and the liquid thus derived
was placed in alcohol, sealed up in a
tight bottle and then STEPPED. 1t is
thin liquid, and evaporates quickly
when exposed to the air. II is OF n
very beautiful green hue, and gives off
a purifying odor that makes one almost
feel that it will cleanse whatever 1t
touches
MY sister Mrs. Walker, who resides
In Papeete. had written me OF young
lcper boy, about fifteen years OF age, who
was In bad way. He was affected as
are many of the lcpers. The disease lad
attacked him at the nose, watch had
become stopped up. That organ then
swelled to an abnormal size. The lads
finger nails had all come off and the fin
gers became distorted and the cords
were. course, stif. DIR. Camp gave me
two bottles of the TuaTua extract, per-
haps about a quart, enough to last about
three months, and with them sent
minute details as to the method of treat
ment. The medicine and directions Were
given to the parents and the suggestion
was made to them that the boy be segre-
gated. You know that In Tahiti ,hey
do not segregate the lepers, as it Is only
In recent years that the blood disease
with which many of the natives there
We're afflicted, was diagnosed as leprosy
! 1t was thought to be eczema or some
such malady. The directions were that
he boy should be given doses OF the
medicine twice day. commencing with
hfteen drops just after breakfast and
supper. This was to be taken in a spoon
slightly diluted with water. The treat
ment was begun and II continued for
four days. when ii produced all the
symptoms of cholera morbus. When the
boy became so affected the treatment
was suspended for week which period
was then prolonged another week, as the
extract had been acting TOO powerfully
on him. After that the boy was better
able 10 stand the treatmeyt, ana in a few
months an Improvement in his health
was noticeable. At last those who were
watching the experiment began to see
that the cure was coming. The nose was
reduced In size, and :he disease on the {
fingers was checked. The nails began
growing, the cords of the fingers We're
loosened, and the last reports sent me by
the happy father stated that the nails
had grown out again, and that there was
now only slight amount of mucus from
the nose. Otherwise. II one did not know
that the boy had been lepcr he would
not be suspected OF having had any dis
ease which could play such havoc with
the human body. There is now only
slight puttness at the ends of the fin {
gers and on the feet a dropsical synp-
tom, and Dr. Camp sent "A medicine TO
regulate this, The father has written