Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-01-15
X-RAY FOR LtPROSY
EXPERIMENTS Al MANILA
GIVE PROMISE OF CURE
raIs is REPORT MADE ~ WAR
DEPARTMENT AUTHORITIES
At WASHINGTON fuR
THER WORK AHEAD

The Washington I'D. c. Herald pun.
fishes the following
The N-ray has been found To- have
on unsuspoctod efficacy as u cure for
loproFy Omcial adyiccs received at
the War Department from Manila con.
arm brief statements made iu % pre-
,ious report Ia that effect From the
dime ~ the FIRST occupation Of the
Philippine by the United States
forces there has been continual con
Germ over the prevalence of l"prusy
Under the Spanish regime no check
whatever wa made on the spread ot
the loathsome disease. and when the
provisional government entered ON
the work OF sanitation and health re-
form there WAS hardly community
IN the islands that had not several
ewes 81 leprosy Some comparison
[ between the Spanish method aud Tie
american may DO had when II Is said
/ that the Spaniards spent for this work
! IN Manila but 5000 pesos year. while
I the present American government IS
/ spending $4,000 u year on this nc.
I count.
SEVERAL months ago the American
doctors ~ the san l.azarO hospital nj
Manila decided to begin q series Of
experiments on lepors. An N.ray
| plant Of limited efficiency aud mOder.
ate cost was available. and. the hospi
tai stan selected a score Of patients
from the many known Ia them aud
placed them under regular treatment
The plan was to keep them for pc.
god al six months aud note what pro"
lgrays was made. 10 their surprise the
X ray proved 10 have a wonderful 81
loci on the disease. aud the subjects
ll,Lan to assume degree Of health
wholly new aud surprising. The good
work ~ this point. however, was sub
Irct To the casualty that not infre'
auently occurs to scientists working
AT such a long distance from the cen
ters from which advanced scientific
apparatus ~ supplied. The %.ray
plant broke down aud the whole ex
pertinent had to be- suspended until
better Instruments could be procured
That was done two months ago. aud
the work resumed. The same crafty
ing results repeated themselves. ant
n number Of unfOrtunates find them
selves IN q fair way To be- entirely cur
ed of the worst disease known III hu
man experience. With some OF tn
worst cases, all appearance Of the dis
ease has gore. and healthy skin Ia
been built up. The San Lazaro doc
tors, however. are no, satisfied tina
they have worked any permanent cur
40 to this time. They urge that notl
{ ing short Of years Of treatment shoul
2 reasonably be- relied ON To eradicat
entirely the seeds Of such persisten
. and battling disease.
The new X-ray plant Is operated b
J electricity. and a stan Of three phys
q clans is intrusted with the care Of |
For the present the number OF pi
i tients Is limited to twelve, In orde
4 that thorough study Of the stage
g and phenomena of the cure may u
: the more carefully made. The case
row under treatment are for the mo-
3 part young persons In the CARL,
stages Of the disease.
4 The hospital doctors regard 1t
I more important at the outset of the
Experimentation To determine accu
! ately that the disease can be cured
q it, first stages. and 50 save from III
3 of horror the young who may becon
4 infected.
2 As the trial Of the X.ray cure go
= on Il will be carefully reported In
4 scientific manner. 50 that the ne
remedy may be adopted elsewher
q and also that sufficient appropriation
! may be made for institutions for u
4 cure Of leprosy In the Philippines al
= Hawaii.
Those who have had direct come
i ton with the work now going On
= Manila to cure leprosy are coniide
that Il great secret has been discov'
ed. and that the whole world VIII "
z ness the miracle of Il complete cure