Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-05-19
second DOCTOR
FOLLOWSFIRST
UNDER ARREST
Cleanup of Unlicensed Prac-
titioners Gains impetus,
Once Started

AS the second chapter, m the clean
up campaign which the city and coun'
" attorneys office has begun against
men who are alleged to be practising
medicine without license, the arrest
OF another Japanese doctor followed
today al Wahiawa.
Detective Harry T. Lake OF the city
attorneys office left for that village
this morning 10 take into custody ole
Furusawa, whose place was inyestigat-
ed by Lake yesterday when on the
tour which resulted in the arrest OF
X. Tamashiro.
According 10 Lakes report made to-
day TO Attorney A. NJ. Brown, who Is
in charge of the campaign, Furusawa
admitted that he had been practising
without a license, and that he also
kept poisonous drugs in his office. He
claims to have practised medicine in
Japan.
Poses Az Patient.
Lake posed as rheumatic patient
when he went out to the doctors
place yesterday, and asked the pro-
Arietor II he could get treatment The
officer says that Furusawa looked at
him closely for few moments, as
IL diagnosing his case, and then jump
ing up exclaimed, mo sabe," and re-
fused to make any further move to-
ward treatment. 4@
Lake then showed his badge and ex-
plained that he was an officer from
the attorneys office, following which
he took a statement from Furusawa
to the effect, so Lake declares, that
he began practise at Waipahu about
a year and half ago, and that he has
no license. He admitted that drugs
in an adjoining room were his, that
some Of them were poisons, and that
he had no license to sell poisonous
drugs.
Upon the shelves in Furusawa's Of
flee were found, with the aid OF a
board of health official, the following:
Strychnine, cryptopin, ergot, muriatic
acid, carbolic acid, tineture Of opium,
potassium chlOrate, codine, and salves
and ointments. He has an operating
table and other appliances.
Learns Woman's Death.
Ii was through Dr. Akiyama, who
has a license to practise at Waipahu,
that Lake learned OF the death of one
Of Tamashiro's patients from septic
poisoning. Akiyama related TO Lake
that Tamashiro had come to his office
with the husband of Matsuki, the pa
tent, asking him to. come and see II
he could help her. DR.. Akiyama found
her in the last stages of poisoning and
could offer no aid sufficient to keep
her alive. -
- Attorney A. NJ. Brown did not re-
call this NOR z having had any no.
tice of Tamas iro until a few days
ago in a letter rom Attorney General
Stainback.
Tsmashiro Is 2 -raioned.
Tamashiro was arraigned this morn
ing before il - J. NJ Monsarrat on
a charge OF practising medicine with
out license during the month of July,
1915. No plea was made and Attorney
S. F. Chillingworth, appearing for the
defendant, asked that the case be
postponed until next Wednesday. The
request was granted.
This is broad charge" said Mr..
Chillingworth, and there is consid-
cradle evidence to collect"
Weird tales are told by those who
have investigated cases of Japanese
who carry on unlicensed practise. It
is declared that they attempt to alIay
pains of rheumatism and other affec-
tons by burning, sometimes to a
depth sufficient TO cause infected
wounds to appear Sticks of punk are
sometimes placed in small holes pierre
ed in the chest Of the patient, and
allowed to burn down until put out by
the flesh itself