The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-06-10
THE REMEDY
An OLD ONE
Dr.. Mays Gives Opinion
About the Alleged
Leprosy Cure.

President l.. e. Pinkham's weekly
message to the Board OF Health yes
terday was a short one Those pres
ent with the president were DR.. w. II
Mays. John C. Lane. Fred. c. Smith
and Mark p. Robinson. DR.. Pratt act
ed as secretary. Miss Mae Weir
stenographer. being also in attendance
The presidents letter follows:
THE MEssAGE.
1.-THE business before the Board a,
this date Is limited and routine ir
character.
II ask your approval of commits.
sion issued to DIR. ]. S. B. Pratt as
Chief Sanitary officer. Inspector OF
Cemeteries and Agent of the Board OF
Health dated May 1, 1904.
You are requested to authorize a
call for tenders for supplies for the
various branches OF this Department
for ensuing six months.
| Vouchers have been made UP fol-
the subsidies to the various hospitals
covering the time reports required have
been received"
Approval was passed of the presi-
dents action In granting q permit to
Mr.. and Mrs. Myers to go to the ieper
settlement. also one to Who Leong
and Who Chin to visit the settlement
while the steamer is in port.
The calling for tenders for supplies
was also approved.
CEMETERY AT PAl4AMA.
DR.. W. H. Mays presented the fol-
lowing report. signed by himself and
Mr.. Robinson:
Your Committee on Cemeteries. to
whom was referred the request Of Rev.
M. q. Silva for permission to bury in
Lot of the Kalaepohaku cemetery.
report az follows:
I'VE recommend that such permits
sion be granted. provided that each
and every interment be recorded in a
book kept for that purpose and cor
respondingly numbered on a plot OF
said burial lot. And provided also that
each grave be accurately marked by
a stake or post at head and foot. and
numbered thereon"
A plan on file shows the lot In ques-
ton to be situated within an angle
formed by the meeting of the Insane
Asylum burial ground and private
burying ground. So long as inter-
ments are permitted in those plots, the
committee did not see how Mr.. Silva
could be refused the requested permis-
sion for his people.
Reports Of the food commissioner, the
plumbing inspector and the Hilo sani-
tary inspector were read. Inspector
Bowman OF Hilo gave details of his
work for May. including 1873 orders car
ried out and $40 inspections.
DIR. L. e. Cofer. Grief quarantine off,
Ger. by letter informed the Board of
Health conditions in the Orient as fol- |
lows:
Hongkong two weeks to May 12-I
Cholera cases 1, deaths !; Smallpox
cases s. deaths 8: Plague cases 40.
deaths &c.
Shanghai two weeks to May Al
Smallpox cases /. deaths ~.
Nagasaki two weeks to May IT,
Smallpox cases 49, deaths IS.
Kobe two weeks to May 20-Clean.
Yokohama two weeks to May g.
Clean.
REPORTED LEPROSY CURE.
Mr.. Lane offered a resolution on the
subject of a reported cure of leprosy
In Louisiana, which was read and dis
cussed. The preamble mentioned a
newspaper clipping attached as the
basis of the report.
DR.. Mays while expressing approval
Of the purpose of the resolution. stated
his belief that the alleged remedy was
simply Chaumoogra oil. which had been
tried in every leper settlement in the
world. 1t had well-known palliative
effects. but there had never been
well-authenticated case where 1t had
cured leprosy. There was furore
over the claimed virtues of this oil
fifteen years ago, but thorough tests
made In this country and elsewhere
had not yielded the results anticipated.
After some general discussion, DR..
Mays seconded the resolution, which
passed as follows;
Resolved That the President of this
Board be and he IL hereby instructed
10 forthwith communicate with the Of
icers OF the Louisiana Home ana as
certain the means employed with full
as 10 the diet ana daily
routine I'm the case discussed or any
lther case In which IL IL claimed that
! cure has been affected
Resolved, That the President sub
NIT ~ this Board Immediately on re-
'eipt ~ The information copies Of tho
correspondence and his conclusions ana
recommendations in ihn matter"
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