The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-23
CONTINUED from Page u

peared.
Kewaimaka Pea. No particula
change, set her general appearance
and health are better.
kaIiiponi-- Anaesthesia which wa
complete sensation is now nearly nor
NAL; eruptions and GiscOlorations fad
ing.
DR.. Archer Irwin succeeded DR.. J. J
Grace in September. 1904, and OF
March lst, reported as follows:
Ben X. Pea.-September 1904. Pure
ly nervous type OF disease; one SINAI
ulcer on third finger, left hand. Feb
ruary, 1905. One small ulcer base OF
little finger of right hand, also small
| sore on tip of little finger, left hand
| Otherwise no changes for better OF
J worse.
| Mary Kalani. September, 1904
Hands and feet particularly noticeable;
on left foot large ulcer. February,
1905. Hands unchanged, except add
tion of an ulcer on the thumb of right
! hand, and small ulcer on finger. Ul-
| Ger on foot reduced in size but extend
| ing to new surface; altogether her con-
dition is slightly worse than in Sep
TENDER.
Mrs. Kawaimaka Pea September,
1904. Face nfiltrated-leonine appear
ance; fingers contracted; few white
spots on bouy ana legs. February,
1905. Face unchanged; nose larger;
nasal passages much blocked; patches
on body more numerous; one ulcer on
elbow OF right arm: fingers more con-
tracted; white patches on feet and
legs; nails very much broken. l would
say disease had advanced.
Kailiponi.- September, 1904. Skin
of face infltrated; ears large and fab
by; hands thick, swollen; feet and legs
marke>, by white patches. February,
1905. Face more swollen and disfigur-
eu; surface of back of head, all down
back of neck to shoulders, covered with
a great number of pustular nodules,
some as large as half an olive. Left
arm at elbow an ulcer about 8 4
inches in area replacing a former an
aesthetic patch; also on same arm
deep circular ulcer covered by black
slough; feet and legs unchanged. AL
together her condition is much worse
than in September.
Under orders of the Board of Health.
DR.. J. 7. Mcdonald. the official bacteri-
ologist, reports as follows, under date
of March 18th:
| secured test-snips from each of the
four patients; each and every one of
the four show the presence of the ba-
eilli of leprosv.
Ben K. Pea and Mary Kalani.-
These patients are in about the same
condition they were year ago.
Mrs. Pea and Kailiponi. These two
patients have grown worse since / saw
them one year ago.
As President of the Board. I would
cali attention to what DR.. W. J. Good
hue has accomplished at the Settlement
in the same direction during the past
year and refer you to the Report of
the President of the Board of Health
dated December 31st, 1904, pages IS,
IS, IL: and also to page so under Gen
eral Remarks by DIR. Goodhue.
BY SODIUM CACODY-
LATE.
"Three of the original five patients
persevered in, the treatment for six
months, and two OF them were greatly
benefited. -
* a tubercular anesthetic case,
with enormously oedematous hands and
fingers, was, after few months treat |
ment, enabled to close the hand. The |
other, case of general anesthesia, no
ticed partial and pronounced return
of tactile sensibility to the finger tips, |
which [ was also able to demonstrate. |
While the causes mentioned served |
to prejudice the minds of many Tin the |
Bishop Home as WELD, still the treat |
ment was faithfully observed by a |
remarkable improvement tax !
ing place in the case of one little girl |
whose countenance lost it's unsightly |
appearance TO such an extent that she !
would scarcely be recognized as the |
same girl. Another case, character |
lied by extensive loss of epithelium on /,
the face, hands and arms rapidly heal |
ed and became strong and active. A !
third case, of general debility and NAL |
nutrition, improved and became quite |
feshy.
Elimination of the drug took place
very freely through the kidneys, skin
and breath, the latter, at times, becom-
ing strong and disagreeable.
L quote herewith my reply written
Monday, March Goth, to DR.. Rice:
CDR Milton Rice, Hilo, Hawaii.
Dear Sir: Your communication of
the 18th at hand. / also have had the
pleasure of meeting you.
Probably more than ever you will
appreciate the complicated problem
leprosy presents in all phases, not only,
from a medical standpoint, but every
relation that affects human life.
81 have not yet had the time to go
into the reports concerning the four
lepers in your charge. I shall assume
the responsibility of review and rec
ommendation.
81 believe you Will have confidence
that both will be dispassionate, I'M
prejudiced and considerable.
''Yours very truly,
'(Signed) L. E. PINKHAM,
President, Board of HEALTH
In my opinion both DR.. Rice and
DIR. Goodhue should be given further
opportunity.
DR.. Rice should continue his expert
ment on the four lepers at the quaran-
tine station in Hilo to a final deter
mination.
DR.. Goodhue should have more ample
financial support.
DIR. Rice should be reimbursed for