The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-07-27

rs,s .sscr - an. Hawaiian Japanese
-i-c-irls - ossrairiy taking an inter-
~ss ~ sss. h.s r-ss--cts nos % the
Isos-a - N-siuai Eraminers In this
Tsrrstorg t-s,rsuss g that rule which
rnSk.s b 0h-iEstory urou applicants for
-ics-se - fssrfice mesicine o. pass an
exar-inafiun il Eueush. snd does Il
Nifhe-t Eiates- Here b. the manner
= fhe fsgunent-
BROTHERHOOD OF PRoFEs-
sIoSs-
Drs- Tsu;srrni and Mashima. as We
hzr@ zlrs-Nsy -sts3. have Instituted
r-z-tsn1u- proceedingS against the
Bcz-t q MIDI Examiners. which r
fzses 10 issue. 10 them. licenses ~
practfce rncdicine In the Territory. be-
cz1-s thy could not speas English.
We are easeriy waiting to hear OF
vlctory IA this case. in order TO pro-
tsct or rights and In honor OF our
scteati1c world
The reason why the Board of Medi-
cal Exansrcrs made such restriction
for The applicants. - easily apparent
70 any one who will quickly say. that
tt came from those physicians who by
obs.ructirg the way o, Japanese phy-
s.cia.s 20 obtain licenses will keep this
-.ne d business amongst the white race.
In other words. IL Is nothing but a
struggle for self gain which Is beneath
contempt They simply show such
Partially. and favorftism on account
Of race. The reasons given By the
- In 20
examining them in English. ara very
feeble.
One of the members OF the Board
evidently believes that there are nine
degrees Of phyrician in Japan, and
that tie lowest degree has no know
ledge Of medical science. Then, he Is
quoted as saying that, after several at
tenpts TO conduct the examinations.
the result vas 50 very unsatisfactory.
that the list OF questions was taken
home BY the interpreter for transla-
tion. which Of course. was nor agree
able 10 us. as there might be some i'm
proper and unfair advantage taken.
Owing TO the interpreters ignorance Of
the technical words. We could hardly
get an essential part of the answer.
therefore, We decided not TO examine
them in their own language.
What does he mean by nine degrees
amongst the japanese physicians? We
understand that the only difference
amongst them, in Japan. at the pres
ent time. is those who graduated from
the Imperial Medical University. or
from the Highest Medical Colleges. or
who passed examination TO practice
medicine held By Home Department. or
who graduated from Foreign Medical
Schools and was granted the licenses
before the amendments OF the present
License Law. or those who practice ac-
cordfng 10 the Chinese system. How
ever. We do not think that the above
could be called degrees.
What the Board OF Medical Examin-
ers thinks as undesirable physicians,
may be from the last degree. But these
kind OF people are disappearing. and 1t
is hard 20 md them now. even in out,
side districts
II can't be a fact that there are such
persons to be found amongst those
who have come to Hawaii, and made
application for licenses to practice
medicine, in the Territory.
II the Board wishes 20 establish dif-
ferent degrees for physicians accord
ing "a their abilities. and knowledge of
medidfl science, with the exception of
these tChinese Medicine Men" We may
say that white doctors, who have only
obtained their diplomas from some so-
called American Medical College by
their long stay in such colleges. are OF
the lowest degree.
As a matter Of fact. the physicians
who graduated from these "Amert-
can Colleges" and are now practicing
in Tokyo, and in other places are said
not 10 be successful. No patients call
at their offices and sparrows build
their nests in the entrances of these
Offices. vaf
Another fact. there are over thirty
japanese physicians In Hawaii at
present. While some OF them have been
permitted to- practice by previous
Boards of Examiners. without taking
an examination. believing the license
granted by The Japanese Government
TO -be sufficient. some OF them have
taken their examinations through in
terpIetefs
II the previous Boards made the
SAM ruling az the present one they
would have saUd. that the men acting