The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-02-10
USE OF THE
TUA-TUA CURE
A Correspondent Who Wants 1t
Used Here Without
Restriction.
Honolulu, Feb. 8. 1902.

Honolulu, rep. 8, 1SOZ
Editor Advertiser-It is with joy that
we are seeing the interest that all are
now taking in the tua tua plant as a
cure for leprosy, and we sincerely hope
that the patients of Kalihi and Molo-
kai will fully derive the benefit from
it which they are encouraged to hope
for, and that others, not yet consign-
ed to those living tombs, may find it
indeed a tree for the healing of the
nations.
But the letter from DR.. Sloggett, pub
lished in your paper of today, has
somewhat dampened our happy feel
ings and with all due respect for him
in his friendly suggestion to prevent
some would be experimental from
poisoning himself by combining the use
of the tua tua to the hands only of
medical men," we feel that there are
points in this grave matter which
should be brought into serious consld-
Grafton.
It is a generally acknowledged fact
that people here will not give up their
Iepers for segregation until they are
obliged by detection to do so, so that
there would probably be but few OF
them who could be reached by the
Board of Health waiting to extend
them a helping hand. And with the
present stringent rules of that board,
they will scarcely venture to consult
other medical men for treatment.
Will it not therefore be more humane
to render the medicine atta1nable TO
all by propa eating the plant and rem
dering it's use safe by giving full d.
rections for the treatment, and not pre-
venting those who are not medical men
from administering il, just as various
Doisons and gunpowder are safe in the
hands of others than doctors and SOL
diers?
Mr.. Maxwells letter. cited by DE-
Sloggett, is of very old date. March
%. 1899 Since then, DR.. Camp, to
whom he might apply for valuable in
formation. has studied the tua tua ana
its effects, and has been IN contact
with those who have given him further
light upon the subject, and from MN
we learn that it is tonic when taken
in small doses. an emetic in larger
doses. and a purgative when still more
Is taken And his manner of prepar-
ing the medicine with the WOODY parts
of the plant included greatly anchor
ates the rigid effect that II pToduceS.
Resides the plain juice OF the plant
bair~ I1sad in Venezuela. DR.. Camp
states that it can be taken in the form
of a tea and under all circumstances
it is clear that the tua tua remedy uoes
not injure the digestive organs as so
many chemical preparations thaI peo-
pie take frequently DO
y
long to develop, it seems clear that
the cure should also be gradual, and
DIR. Camps patients almost forget the
discomfort Of the treatment during the
intervals of rest which they ENJOY pc
tlvean doses. while they are upheld by
faith that they are being healed.
The wall Of lepers and those beref1
of them while still living. is piercing
To the hearts of philanthropists, which
all true medical men should be, and
by the aid of those in authority, may
the antidote for the great evil, brought
TO light by Father Naderrama, of Ven
ezuela. ere long become a household
remedy. raised and used unfettered by
restriction. in view of the happy end
that il may become no longer necessary
TO sever loved ones from each other
By segregation, which attitude taken
could only reflect credit upon them in
so noble a work.
FRIEND AND WELL-WISHER