Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-23


speech and devotion to the way. are
al the fruit CT the hospital Years
ago he came crawling to the place as
hopelessly bent cripple, a profes.
SIGNAL gambler, sharper. and maker
of false dice The long months need.
ed for his healing brought him new
straightness of spirit as well as of
body, and allsthat he now has OF Chris.
tian manhood came through the min
istrations Of the medicine house"
From among the nearly ten thou
sand treatments given in 1916 at the
medicine house" by this small staff.
let US introduce a few cases, from
which You may learn both of Chinese
ignorance and neglect. and of the re-
lief which western science brings.
There came to the hospital young
man OF twe1ty-tKo with. a noisome
arm Al piece Of bone was protrud-
ing three and half inches. Part sof
IT was dry and black, near the skin
IL was stu moist and had caused
sore that,was constantly dischargifg.
Every time the bone was touched the
pain was sharp; and he could hardly
move his, arm without touching the
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cases Of cisinesef Neglect i. gq
For twelve years his arm had been
Hike that. 10, -, ~. ~
The broken bone was loose and was.
removed with a. small pair of forceps,
with less pain chan Is occasioned by
extracting q tooth In the three weeks
thS sore had healed, and the man had
moveable arm. ~
bright handsome little fellow q year
rid Three months before q tiny ulcer
had formed on one eye. With a little
care 1t could probably have been heal.
cd. II received no care. The infec-I
ton spread to the other eye.
Now the boy was blind, both eyes
utterly destroyed. Y.4s
There was carried to the hospital q
boy aof fifteen of a poverty stricken
family Two and q half years before
he had burned his Leg The burn had
received no attention. had become in
fecteds and had developed into a
chronic ulcer that would not get well.
He could not walk fl.s, il.
He brought ragged quilt in which
to wrap himself 1.-THE hospital possess
es no bed-clothes OF its own. and
existed solely On unleayened cakes of
coarse corn meal, sent from his home
every other day ttfe hospital could
not even afford a fire at which he
might warm theml I'm spite of these
tinfaForable conditions, the leg was
cleaned up, skin was grated upon II,
and he went home wei and able tol
walk, though his leg, because OF the
long neglect, win always be somewhat
stiff. - -
A man came who for twelve years
had suffered from a sore which con.
fined him to his bed, unable to support
his wife and children. The mother
in the home worked all day and late
irto the night to make both ends meet
BY an extensive and serious operation
the diseased area was removed, and
skin grated upon it. He went home
well and able to work.
Many patients come with cancers
and tumors in very advanced stages,
immense affairs such as. one never
sees in the. United States, because
here they are neglected, Men appear
with ulcers and sores Of twenty years
standing.
OF the value of; Chinese medical
practise the following cases will give
some idea. ...r a
An old man Of seventy contracted
d sore on his leg By, no means seri
Gus. He went to consult q CHINESE
.:G66tor." who gave him some ointment
70 apply with instructions that.it was
TO be kept on the sore for eight days
The ointment must have been q strong
c&nstic and poisonous. for the man
appeared at the hospital with q LEG
badly swollen, and infameds and q
widespread gaRgrenohs area where the
medicine had been applied. The for
eign-trained doctor worked over him
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