Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-10-03
: NAsTINE METHOD
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medicine to l.. Il. Pinkham, then
President Of the Board Of Health, I'm
1907.
Pinkham wrote to them on Octo-
Der 26th. 1907, accepting their offer
of the samples and promising to try
the medicine. The first direct results
that have come to the notice of the
authorities was that of the man who
was reported to be cured. DR.. Way
son, however, states that II was not
his intention, nor. he thinks. that Of
DR.. BrinckerhoT, that an absolute
cure should be claimed. The real
reason for the report, giving the cir
cumstances and recommending that
he be given II re-eXamination, was
that he was so far improved It seemed
a pity to confine him with men who
had the disease in its pronounced
form. 1t was the opinion of DR.. Way
son and DR.. Brinckerhoff that the
man was in such n condition that he
would not be a menace to the public,
that he be allowed re-examination.
The treatment of this man was
started last December. lie has
shown marked Improvement from
the first, but, as his case was n very
poor one for experimental purposes,
the doctors have not decided whether
this was brought about by the Mas
tine or by the hot baths and general
tendency to get WELL His case was
not bad one from the beginning,
but there has been a steady improve
ment In his general appearance.
One of the reasons that Dir. Way
son advances for his theory that Mas
tine has not been the factor that has
brought about the so-called social
lcure Is that three others. with more
pronounced cases, have been given
the treatment at the same time as
this man. under the same conditions,
and their condition is unchanged, not
the slightest Improvement in their
condition being noted. Why should
Nastine effect cure on this man
when the others are not benefited? Is
the question that he asks.
With regard to the report OF cure
by the. same treatment in New Zea-
land, DR.. Wayson Is inclined to be-
lieve that the case there is similar to
the one now .under discussion here.
In the first place, the statement in
one OF the papers to the effect that
leprosy serum had been used In con-
junction with Nastine. he utterly dis
credits.
1 III a serum had been discovered. II
would have been heralded the world
over. and a real cure might be effect.
ed. But. although this subject has
been studied ever since the disease
was taken in hand by the authori-
ties. the cultivation of the leprosy
germ or bacilli has never been suc-
cessful. What probably has been
done has been the MASKING up of It's
lsue or a prOtuberance containing the
bacilli into a pulp. then making 1t
Unto a sterllized oil. and this has been
injected along with Nastine. be-
lieve that DR.. Brinckerhoff is con-
lducting experiments along this very
line at the present time. do not
think that the alleged cure In New
Zealand would have been announced
had we not beat them to it. by few
days. We stole their thunder, as 1t
were. and now they announce n
cure"
| Nastine is described by the firm
which manufactures it as follows
Pure Nastine is bacterial, crystal
lisable. and neutral fat lester of
lglycerine)." Injections of this are
made in the simultaneous fatty It's
sue (the arm, the thigh. the back,