The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-05-16
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In minor operations. u IL one Of the
adinucis most cxtfavaeanuy charged
FOR In "beauty parlora, . but Ne nee In
leprosy had never been suggested until
Doctor wayson attempted it year
ago
After securing bis supply Of carbonic
acid gas, which came 10 him in steel
tank, as It comes regularly to the soda
fountains, he applied the snow hrst to
the check LESSONS, to the forearms and
to four Of the leg LESSONS Of the pa
tient. The process Of freezing is ae-
compa6ied with practically no discOm-
fort; the process Of thawing out is
painful, but decidedly less SO in this
case than in the ordinary ease Of frost
bite in the higher latitudes.
When the flesh thawed it became
fevered and slough formed, which
came away, leaving a fresh, pinkish
skin over the lesion, this process of
healing taking two weeks.
The freezing and thawing process
was kept up, internationally, until De-
cember last, when it was put to test.
Ships were taken from the margin Of
the old leprosy lesion on the cheek and
examined for bacilli. A few were
found, showing that the treatment had
SO far failed, although the number of
bacilli found was greatly less than in
the original examinations.
Again the flesh was frozen, this time
the lesion and half an inch of healthy
flesh all around being treated, the
whole eleven LESSONS being gone over.
On January 81 another bacteriologi-
cal test was made, each lesion being
shipped from.
One acid fast bacillus was found.
One only, where heretofore tests had
-disclosed hundreds, and this lone ba-
eillus was not definitely distinguished
as leprosy baeilli. 1t was "acid
fast,'' however, and that determined
Doctor Wayson to again go over his
patient with the freezing compound,
this time taking in even more Of the
healthy tissue than the second, this ap-
plication of the carbon dioxide snow
taking place on February Z.
Success in Sight
! On March IL last Doctor Wayson, and
Bacteriologist Reinecke made their
third test. Ships were taken from each
lesion, or where the lesion has been,
from the center, the margins, the
healthy flesh without. Not an acid fast
bacillus was found in any of the LESSONS.
The boy was free of leprosy. -
omcial Stamp Put On.
On May last, an official test was made
by Doctors Wayson, Walters and Moore
As in the preliminary test, not ba'
cillus was found, and the boy, who six
teen months before had been unmis.
talSably leper, proven 50 to be- was
this month officially declared to be
not leper'' and cured.
Other lepers have been freed as Gar.
rested cases." others have been set
free as no longer dangerous to the
health of the community and to all in
tents and purposes free of the disease
but for the first time in the history Of
the disease proven leper has beer
, cured and his cure demonstrated be
/, You'd possibility of contradiction On
doubt.
= What this means to the world-pro
: vided the initial cure is found to bt
/ one that is effective in all eases-car
!, not be told in words.
. wayson Modest.
Doctor Wayson, who has given un
ceasing care, time and an immense
= amount of attention to this case ant
to the others he is similarly treating
a at the receiving station, is modest il
e demonstrating his victory over the mos
I. dreaded of. diseases. At the receiving
!, station yesterday, when the mother O.
!, the cured boy began to pour out he
. thanks to him. he turned gruffiy away
To the other patients, to whom he CAV
|, n freezing treatment yesterday, he wa
!, only the friendly doctor, joking witt
> them on their approaching recovery.
. He exhibited the various wards O
,, the hospital to a representative of thi
:. paper, passed among the seventy-od,
II patients of the institution with smiling
greetings, and in no way posed as tn
great conqueror. F." If one had no
seen the official documents of the case
) the first beginning with the results o
= the tests showing leprosy and officiall
l. confirming the diagnosis of leprosy, u
to the last officially signed document
pronouneing the patient not lepel
n it would have been difficult to coneeiv
& that this man, in motor duster, lister
r ing to the trivial complaint of ignC
s. rant men and women, could be the on
(, who seems destined TO be famed
IS medical history as the first man sine
t. the day of Jesus Christ who had take
IS leper and made him whole and clear
A Mothers Gratitude.