The Washington times., 1907-06-23

1880 for each animal. The Chin
panzees are affected more than almost
any other animal with nostalgia. by
which term the scientists mean home
sickness, and many Of them literally
refuse TO live in confinement, pining
their lives away This adds TO the
difficulty OF conducting experiments
with them and also adds greatly 10 the
cost Of the experiments
DR.. BrlnckerhOff. the Federal nnedi-
cal officer TO be in charge Of the leprO-
ments will be carried out. purposes de-
Young large part of his laboratory
10 housing the apes. when they are
nfst brought 10 the settlement devOt-
!Eg % them the entire upper floor OF
the building Here they will live in
direct touch with the Federal physician
and his assistants, accustOming them
selves to be handled. learning To for
get their African home in association
with the humans Of the station.
gradaIy acquiring a confidence in
those around them, who will do what
ever is possible 70 win this confidence
All this while the apes will be left in
their natural healthy condition, neither
infected animal nor 4eper being allowed
In this portion Of the leprOsarium which
IS 10 be the working quarter Of the
pharmacists and psychologists.
After the apes are inoCUlated they
animal house in the large compound
In the rear Of the hospital proper Here
also will be kept whatever other ami
mails II may be deemed JudiciOus TO be
used in the systematic and exhaustive
experiments IL is the intention of DR..
BrinCkerhOff TO carry on IL IS from the
apes, however, that the great results
are TO be looked for, because their close
relationship with man will show what
can be done with man In the alienation
and possibly the cure Of the disease. One
thing can certainly be said, and that is
that if il is humanity possible, with the
present knowledge Of the scientists in
charge OF this station and the ultimate
knowledge Of the disease they VIII OBJ
tain from their work at Molokai, for
cure for the hitherto incurable disease
to be obtained, 1t will be obtained.
The Leprosarium.
At no SPOT on earth could the expert
ment towards the cure of leprosy be
carried on with the same advantages
and with the same hope of ultimate
success as at the Federal leprosarium
at KalaWaO. one of the two MOlOkat
towns peopled by the lepers- And at
no other spot on earth are the prepa
rations for the scientific study of the
battling disease TO be more complete
than they are at this leprOsari
Just at present red tape is interfering
with the active work Of erecting the big
hospital but Uncle SAM will not always
be unwinding this red tape nor ham
pered with its twists, and when the hos
pital is started Ii will be carried
through with as little delay as possible
One hundred thousand dollars has al
ready been voted for this work for the
building Of the leprosarium alone. while
the equipment will be otherwise pro-
vided for. DR.. Brinckerhoff has spent
much time In figuring out the arrange
ments for the various wards. phar-
macy rooms. laboratories, operating
rooms and grounds, and being unlimited
in expense money. has planned an ideal
scientific workshop, such as will be the
envy of the medical scientific workers
the world over. For the carrying on OF
the work for the future the United
states Government will allow him $50 900
a year In no country at any time has
the matter of fully investigating this
disease and finding a possible remedy
been taken UP so thoroughly and svs-
temaucally and at no tine in the his
tory of the world have the chances for
nnding a cure seemed so bright.
The Disease Abating.
Even as It Is. by reason of the vigor-
Gus policy Of segregation carried on
so energetically by the board of health
Of the territory of Hawaii, in the face
of the passive opposition and some
times OF the active opposition OF the
Hawaiian people, the disease in the