Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-12-06

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. las been the same with offers G
honorary memberships. degrees. an'
numerous other marks Of apprecia
. ton. The evidences OF kindlinesi
which prompted the people he hal
deeply appreciated. but he did no
care for any rewards.
Doctor Goodhne has not written anl
account OF his work among the fepers
except those reports that are re
CURED biennialiy by the Ravaiia-
legislature. Every rension OF hi
work at Mol0kai that las aOpeare
in pub:ic print or otherwise has bee
due to the interest felt by his mum
erous Giends, but even ITO whom b.
ha@ been consistently fettcent &c
garding his work. Said one trarele
Of him: Il never saw man so al
soluely devoid OF selfish ambition an
love CT praise. But in his report
he has taken pains to mention other
who have been associated with hfr,
In his work, and even to exaggerate
perhaps, the importance Of their heir
with the Roman Catholic fathers
he is on terms Of deep friendship a.
though Unitarian himself; and. Ike
Lincoln, he has worked. not for re
ligion,s sake, but for the love OF thf
brotherhood Of man. He has devotef
his spare time to his laboratory
where i'm 1905 he discovered the BAG
Illus of leprcsy In the mosquito ane
the bedbug. and al the request Of thu
priests made, at the time, report Of
the bearing ef this discovery upon the
spread OF Ieprosy IN Hawaii. In this
report, he speaks Of the assistance Of
Father James, now IN Paris, Will
he also has often referred in q kind
way to Father Dutton. whose pic
tuTesque attitude toward lepers an
Molokai has been widely ADVERTISE
How much larger and more human
Doctor Goodhne,s work has tlirnet
out than that so simply outlined ed
iorially by medical journal Issue
in his Ithat-time1 hometown in 1900
Said The Southern California Prac.i
toner for September. 1902. In refer.
ring to the recent assignment:
Doctor Goodhue has been appoint
ed medical superiutende of the Mo-
lokai Leper-Settlement. He Is q
years of age, q graduate OF Rush
Medical College, Chicago. 1897 He
goes to Molokai for special work for
the government. The light-cure tx
raysl win be thoroughly investigated,
as well as other curative measures.
Ii is the Intention Of the superintend-
ent thoroughly to investigate the
cause of leprosy and, In connection
with this, IL possible. TO discover what
IIart the mosquito plays In the propar
cation Of leprosy. The field is large,
and the scientific world VIII watch
the work of this new devotee with In.
terest. May God bless him and
all mankind In his work
Since his incumbency. the supersn-
tendent has prepared for the Hawaii
ian board Of health the following re-
ports Of his work: Alterant and
Eliminant Remedies IN Leprosyi
"Scabies Among Lepers; Some
Clinical Observations in the Leper.
Settlement; Treatment OF Leprosy.
The lAtest and most Important re-
suit Of HIS work Is embodied in q re-
port just issued by the board of health,
and is an account of a positive cure
Of leprosy by surgical measures.
After reviewing the results. In his
hands. of local and systematic treat
ment Of leprosy, Doctor Goodhue
says:
"P. was declared a leper, in 1906,
by the examining board for lepeTs,
after the usual careful clinical exam
nation, in conjunction with the report
of the official bacteriologist. Entered
the Settlement, Molokal, October,
1906. Operation was a radical
Of the tissues involved.
For conservative reasons, have.
avoided reporting the above
case until q sufficient length OF tirei
had elapsed to place the result be-
yond the shadow OF doubt or the
Of recurrence. Eight
months after outlined operation, pa
f;ent, brought before the official ex-
amining board, presented no physical
and rigid meteorological
tests were neutral The patient was
declared nonIeprous, discharged from
he Leper-Settlement, and is now lead
ng a useful life as a road-overseer on
he island of Maui.
However absurd the statement
nay appear to those not thoroughly
familiar with every phase of the dis
,ase, boldly assert that, In the IN
,uspectedty large number of incipient
,ases where the disease Is localized,
hese or any other treatments which
,emove the then circuunscrihed area
,r focus Of infection, without opening
channels for metastatic dissefnina.
ion, will cure in six to II months
ime." >-,~.~ Ill.,.
This reyolutionizes the whole sub
Iect, explains the puzzling incubat.
Try period and the mysteries OF i'm
nunity and nonimmunity, and. best OF
III, holds out hope and cure for the
ictim of leprosy. Surely, reward
enough for a decade of assiduous
tudy and unselfish association with
epers in all stages of the disease.
mo other man." says one writer |
has done what he has. No one has
,een willing to expose himself to the
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