The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-02-22

Some very important matters were
| brought to the attention of the Board
of Health yesterday afternoon by
! President Pinkham. In a communica-
! ton to the Board President Pinkham
| said
Il herewith hand you two communi-
cations from the Board of Medical Elk
aminers, one that DR.. Homer Hayes
be licensed to practice medicine and
surgery in the Territory Of Hawaii and
one recommending that Drs Naotaro
Tsusumi, X. Mijima and D. Ichikawo
be refused licenses. The latter gentle
men were given a written examination
in their own language, through an ac-
complished interpreter of their own
race. In addition they were examined
orally that they might have an oppor-
tunity to disclose further their knowl-
edge on some points on which they
were radically incompetent according
to their written replies. The oral eX-
animation only confirmed this dehcien-
cy. Much time and patience was eX-
pended in these examinations and ev-
cry care taken to be fair and just to
these candidates.
1 below quote from my report to the
Governor, under date of December 31st,
1906 relative to the Practice of Medi-
cine and Surgery in the Territory of
Hawaii" The general principles there
in laid down appear to be unacceptable
to the japanese alone.
In another item of administration
some leading Japanese are defying the
laws of the Territory
A short time ago the laws of the Ter
ritory were broken as to the treatment
of leprosy and unlawful escape Of
leper. Apologies were made
On the night of February 18th anoth-
er japanese leper with the connivance
of Japanese, who are intelligent enough
to know they were scheming to break
the laws, broke from the Kalihi Re-
ceiving Station. Upon receipt of the
information I caused the town to be
searched and also the departing s. S
America Maru. We failed to find the
leper
Hereafter every japanese leper con-
fined in the Kalihi Receiving Station
will have his liberty so restricted he
cannot escape
If the Japanese Government and Jap
anese residents desire to have the Ter
ritory of Hawaii transfer any or all
japanese lepers to their friends or the
japanese official representatives that
they may be sent to Japan, there is
no doubt but the Territory would be
pleased to be relieved of the expense
and responsibility of their care.
If such is the case 1 would recon-
mend the Japanese residents to at once
present the matter to the Board of
Health, and the Board after considera-
tion submit their conclusions to the
Government and Legislature.
1t is not the intention of this depart
ment to permit any nationality to dis
regard or hold in contempt the laws
and regulations of the Territory of Ha-
wall entrusted to this department.
THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE AND
SURGERY.
The Board of Health is charged with
ton as to methods of examinations or
the issuance of licenses to practice
medicine and surgery in the Territory
of Hawaii from the fact the Board of
Medical Examiners are by law the ar
biters who decide upon the professional
and ethical qualifications of candidates.
and the Board simply endorses the APP
plicant to the Treasurer who issues the
license. Were the Board in possession
of facts that warranted it they could
refuse to endorse the applicant and
thus hold up the license, but such a
contingency is improbable.
loan, or any other language to be sub
the responsibility of seeing the laws
are respected and that no misconduct,
carelessness or incapacity occurs among
the licensed physician.
The Territory of Hawaii is an inte-
grail part of the United States and it's
official language is English and none
other. In that language the laws must