The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-30
FATHER COERlRBY WILL
SEND CURE FOR IEPR0sY

NN'"NtANNNN ANNNM nv NNIH'
medicine. DO kokua of any kind and
hero came last May io DO work
among he rebnke Of humanity.
IN Hawaii the natives are not
afraid % their lcpof relatives, bot acre.
DC is lhe contrary. l.epers them lvcs
are not willing 10 help me 10 dean
and dress ieper ulccrs, even mHfricd
man refused 10 assist me 20 car for
bic lcpor wife. he kept AZ distance,
/ protesting the smell was too bad
Ike TO be- prudent, but there M, cir
oumstancos where too much prudence
viii resemble eowardice.
1.-THE government houses for epers
have no windows, only a door sash
Last June ] had eases Of pest IL
was very sad / have medicine and
what is most necessary TO attend the
lepers and the sick, but have 90 pay
for them. l receive not a cent for all
| that ! do.
Last summer Il was very hot, /
worked nine and ten hours daily; be
sides j had TO walk morning and even
! ing an hour and quarter each way.
! wished to remain altogether with the
| lepers, but no accommodations what
ever--a room with no window; water
! was scarce and no convenienees in the
lcper village.
elf had remained last summer with
the $50 lepers Of the village which
is only 400x200 feet in length and
width, / would have died.
~ rejoice to do what j am doing
for the sake of suffering hmanity.
when on Molokai. all the lepers
were my friends; 80 It is here. In re-
ligion, all are pagans.
IT am here as a man and physician.
graduated I'm America in 1900. Those
who wish my ministry as a priest sue
cess, are welcome. like to do what the
good Samaritan did. Jesus Himself
did good. He cured the sick. He
never asked them to believe as He did.
So do here. Gratitude or not on the
part Of the lepers Is quasi Indifferent
TO me. ] like them because they are
men. and lepers besides, Stunned by
everybody-and this is enough for nae
TO like and love them. They know Il.
too So that, as on Molokai, all the
epers / meet salute me. vi Shang tso
Shen' cGood morning. doctor).
For them. especially when unable
to move, do all in my power. i wish
had plenty to give them. ! hope to
get some lady nurses. but l have
hardly anything to give them. to eat
and to wear-myself, / get not a cent
from anybody. even from the Catholic
mission.
This week will be permanently on
the leper island, attending on myself;
but there l will never get fresh meat,
as l did on Molokai from the Board
OF Health, where a leper ration vas
allowed me. Here this would mean
much to me. Truly, Molokai, as il is,
is a kind of Paradise for the lepers
and even for their attendants
But here 1 am necessary, as ] am
the only man to care for the lepers. 1
hope the viccroy will allow his lepers
to follow me. Many. many of them
are often asking me. When shall we
go TO Sheklung?' wish to take them
all. but I have TO be prudent, being
alone and having but $1,000 to spend
yearly. ol
I'm case I have to build for, say,
500, my capital will be reduced to very
little. Twelve dollars for a leper a
year would be enough to feed and
clothe him and buy medicines
II got from Korea a prescription
with which. it is said by reliable wit
ness, some lepers have been cured /
got it in Chinese writing. 1 will get
1t translated, and IL the medicine does
net cost too much / will try the rem
edy, when better fixed than am now
! am also willing to send the name of
the medicine, with full description of
II and how to take II, and the guam
tity to the Board of Health, to be tried
by Dr. Goodhue and DR. Holman, in
case they think II worth while giving
II trial. This / would be glad to
do, as they are more competent than
/ am and better situated to follow
the patients, and because the Board
of Health, on their favorable recon-
mendation, might be willing to pay
the expenses. l promised the owner
of the remedy to pay him $500 in case
1t proves such as TO cure at least the
incipient cases A priest In Korea.
who has been there over twenty-five
years, said in his letter that he knew
of two cases of leprosy having been
cured.
I'm the present case there will be no
| mystery about the medicine; the
names are given. with full particulars.
l was told by the one who sent II to
me, "A fair trial IL all that ask for
| it,
What do You know about a new
remedy called 'Nastin; to cure lep-
rosy? Newspapers report that lepers
have been cured by 1t.
Then, too, there is a physician sent
by the English Government to New
Guinea to try cure which he affirms
is truly IA cure. Then when are the
big monkeys to be treated as to give
serum? 1t is now several years
since there was talk about It, The
new hospital; Is 1t built? have heard
nothing about them and it, which is
Ief great interest to me-.