The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-08
NOW IN
GOOD SHAPE.
Dr.. Wayson's New Treatment
Appears to Have
Cured Him.

Another near-cure for leprosy has
been found. This one appears to be
far and away the most perfected one
that has yet been exploited in these
islands. 1t has been given thorough
trial, has proven its efficiency as an
aid, and has done so much for one man,
who, on entering the Kalihi receiving
station two years ago, was officially pro-
nounced leper and was in frightfui
condition, that he now shows absolute
iy no exterior signs of the disease and
DR.. J. T. Wayson, who has been expert
menting with the treatment, has asked
that he be allowed to return to his
home.
When all the details had been dis
cussed at the meeting of the Board of
Health yesterday afternoon, and the
members had been made acquainted by
both President Mark P. Robinson and
DR.. Wayson, with the results accom-
plished, Fred. G. Smith gave the latter
his hearticst congratulations and ex-
pressed the hope that the treatment
would prove, or could be developed in
to, an absolute cure. DR.. Wayson him
self is not claiming a cure, but he does
say that his patient, whom he has been
treating for the past two years, would,
under the ordinary examination, not be
classed as leper. Wayson maintains,
and he is borne out by the facts of the
case, that he has demonstrated that
there is no further use for a leper to
have all the unsightly attributes usual
" following the contraction of the dis
ease.
Guarded language and statements
were the order of the day at the meet
ing, but it could not be concealed that
the confidence of both Wayson and
President Robinson, the latter having
followed the case to some extent and
visiting the patient only short time
ago, is great. Robinson brought the
matter to the attention of the Board by
relating the known facts of the case.
The patient, who is a Hawaiian, was
brought to the Kalihi receiving station
about two years ago IN very bad con-
dition. In fact. he was so nearly gone
that he was carried to the receiving
station on a stretcher. After short
time, it became apparent that, if the
mans life was to be saved, it would
be necessary to amputate one of his
arms Just above the wrist. This was
done, at the request of the patient HIM
self, and three local physicians attended
at the operation. At the time of his
arrival at Kalihi, the man was also par
alyzed in his left leg, and had very
little power over either of his arms.
He had all the marks of leprosy, and
was bedridden for three months, con-
stantly under the care of DR.. Wayson.
"Today,' said Dr. Wayson to the
Board members, % his whole general
appearance is no different from any
other well man, and / am convinced
pass quarantine in Honolulu or San
Francisco. He now has an artificial
arm. The man improved right along
after the amputation, until now he is
as fresh and clean a looking fellow as
anyone.
The request made to the Board was
to allow the man to return to his home,
and report to the Board of Health every
three months. His family wishes to
have him at home, now that he is SO
wonderfully improved. Wayson stated
to the Board that he did not wish to
be considered as attempting to establish
the actual fact of cure, although, elm
Iically, the disease could not be detected
In this connection, DR.. Wayson stated
that numbers of people have been found
not lepers simply because the bacteria
logical examination did not show traces
of bacilli, while every bit of their con-
dition, from clinical standpoint, point
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