The Emmett index., 1913-10-16
LEPROSY CURED
BY U. S. SURGEONS
Two Patients In Philippines
Recover From Disease.
RELEASED ON PROBATION.


Health In the Islands, Makes Officia
Report Of casss--other Patients Re-
spending TO Treatment--ch
Oil and Vaccine Used.
An apparent cure for leprosy has
been found by surgeons of the public
health service at the leper colony In
cure that two patients who showed
distinct signs OF leprosy when they
were admitted 10 the institution have
been discharged as cured However
there seems 10 be uncertainty Ms to
just which OF two treatments effected
the cure--a vaccine treatment or chaul-
mugra oil taken by mouth and hypo-
dermlcally. The patients who were
discharged were given both treat
ments. but there are said now TO be
In the hospital number OF other
cases which have shown negative"
for the past twenty-five months, and
these received only the chaulmugra oil
treatment.
Surgeon Heissr's Report
Surgeon Victor G.. Heiser OF the pub
lie health service. chief quarantine Of
ficer and director OF health of the
Philippine Islands In reporting on the
two cases discharged. says:
Two patients who had been confin-
ed 20 the san Lazaro Leper hospital
on account OF leprosy have been pro-
nounced apparently cured and dis
charged from that institution on pro-
batlon.
THE first case was that of male |
Filipino aged twenty-seyen. who was
admitted 10 the San Lazaro Leper hos
pital Manila. May 90 1909. on ad-
mission the case clinically showed
thickened reddish spots on the nose
and thlckenlng and discoloraton OF
the lobe OF the right ear. Scrapings
made from the LESSONS showed epra
bacilli. He received vaccine treat
ment nc Intervals. beginning I'm Au-
gust. 1909, but at the expiration of
one year no change was noted In his
condition. From September. 1910. 10
November. 1910. crude chaumugra oil
was given by mouth In increasing
doses. On account OF nausea the ad-
ministration of the oil by mouth had |
to be discontinued {
Improvement Shown.
'The case showed evidences of Inn !
provement Nov. 10. 1910. chaumugra G
oil, combined with OIL OF camphor and 9
resorcin, was given hypodermically.
BY May 0, 1911. the eslons above do
scribed had disappeared. and Ieprosy
bacilli were not found In repeated mic
roscopical examinations. The hypo-
dermic treatment was continued ana q
examinations were made :
At frequent intervals. but these were =
always negative. June IL. 1913. :
most careful clinical and mlcroscopical y
was made of the patient. u
which resulted negatively for leprosy.
md as the patient had now been APP I
cured for period of over two
iears he was discharged on probation. p
THE other case was that OF Fill
'ino woman. aged twenty-five. who
vas admitted TO San Iazaro Leper h,
hospital. Jan. 7. 1910. Clinically this DC
'atient presented suffused counte- pl
lnnce. due to generallzed infiltration. lie
here were red macules over the r.,
heeks, forehead and chin. Scrapings 10
nade from the LESSONS and examined dl
nicroscoplcally were positive for lep- liza
osy bacili. W.,
Upon admission this patient was As
laced upon a vaccine treatment for na
eriod OF i've months. but at the end 10
the first month after her admission
rude chaulmugra oil by mouth was Go
lven In addition to the vaccine. col
Patient Discharged. br,
After the second month the patient !
sgnn TO improve rapidly. and on May soI
l9l1. leprosy baclll could not be EN-
'und on microscopical examination. OPT
uriug May. 1911. ON account OF the ch,
iusea caused by the oil its use by OF
outh had to be discontinued. Hypo. II
,rmic injections Of chaulmugra oil foo
mbined with camphor and resorciu son
ere then begun. This treatment was IL
ntinued, and frequent mieroscopical che
were made from time TO be
ne. all OF which resulted negatively.
he last examination. both clinical ,
d microscopical. was made on June
1913. when no further evidences Of :,
,rosy could be found The patient "r'
rs therefore discharged from the .
spital on probation X
IT is not known whether the vac pau
ie treatment had any influence in plaI
cures. There are at the present soN
ne number of other cases at the iies
n Lazaro Leper hospital that have II
en- negative for period Of twenty =
o months which upon admission li'i
esented more marked evidences of wee
rosy than the cases mentioned exc
owe, yet they received only chaul- wo'
lgra oil either by mouth or hypoder. eve
cally or in both ways" IN
of I