The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-06-02

I however. has been considerably -
ducsd thla being brought about y
sanitary improvements and the SOW
crnmenta baths provided. These
baths are for the purpose q drytnk
up the leufous ulcers and rvtafdins
the progress u lepfasY. being pre-
pared ffem a japanese herb dlaeae=
cred b. Or uoto. an Oriental physt-
clan. Cement tanks fer
MEDICAL BATHING
Are literally distributed about the
settlement and BY frequent bathing
I IN. lspefs can pfolsus their hses
frun one "a three or four years.
While II il the assumption that the
territorial officers act tmpartinily In
the exiting % lepern. Yet u IL a vel
known fact that foreigners are Of.
ten allowed ths privilege % r~iuru-
log 60 their own country. white
foreigners who beeone ieperr. are
generally allowed 20 slip quietiy
away 70 Japan or China. where By
Oriental treatment they can some
times stsY their fate for years and
keep their afficiioh = secret
While u II spoken q emily sub funs.
u n generally known that members
% wufne af the weaithteAt families in
the islands have been compelled %
Danish themselves % the orient. ard
for this reason mere than for All
others i~prosy T. a tahooed subject
IN Hgaolulu. the residents being ret
lcunt and there being a iacit agree.
ment among foreigners not 10 men,
ton lepruey.
Contrary 20 the general opinion.
leprosy causes.
LITTLE PHYSICAL PAIN.
The effect - drowsiuena and general
4 debility. In the later stages some
suffering Il occaalouet BY the ulcers
and Intermittent fc1srp. AZ the dis
ease progresses the Vnsoe alisru pc
/ culiariy and many deferfnitiea are
brought about by che effect on the
cartridge. The motor and aenaofy
uervsa become paraiYxsi also and
the facial nerve IL invariably at
7 tacked. twisting the faces % the lsp-
era and giving them strange expires
Hions Unless some other disease Il
contracted the iepers usually die Of
exhaustion.
The isper question In the Hawaii.
an Islands Il a problem that viii un-
doubtsdiY come before the United
states government eventually. Ths
federal management 81 the settle
mcut vas an issue IN the last polit-
teal campaign IN Honolulu.
with the annexation II Hawaii the
United States government also
ANNEXED LEPRosY,
And many physicians Of national
reputation believe the ieper problem
one for national solution.
Il OF all human maiaalea leproHy Il
believed 20 be the most ancient. his.
tory showing that At least to1i
years before christ Il existed. II
reached it, climax In the igth cen
J fury, when there we're over i.oos
! iepsr hospitals OF "Lazar houses" Il
] Europe. The gradual decline Of ths
/, disease reduced Il to comparative
rarity. but IN the present century !
/ marked Increase has been noted ans
. as yet no remedy has been found
u Il ne FsHAtaf conception OF AttfHaA
/ represents u NJ the deepest diahonoi
I that human flesh can suffer. and IN,
} term ieprous IN literature n used 4
! express All that IL most foul. ioath.
some and unclean. In ancient times
. iepers we're stoned and the shame
that was put upon lepers IN tho be
j ginning r. an instructive feeling with
the lepers Of the present day Litti,
J iepsr children. toddllnE about IN the
yards Of the Bishop home 90 Moloka
: viii hide their faces behind thei
! hands upon the approach of n non
D lepor and shrink IN n corner. deepli
= Inundated. Among the lopor chill
. dren seen by the writer AZ Moloka
e was a beautiful little girl not NOR
I than years old. with luatrous darl
{ eyes ana brown curla. playing abou
y the gardens. There wna no viaihl
. sian OF the disease, but as soon a