Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-30
CURE FOR LEPROSY
FOUND, IS CLAIMED.
Colony in Hawaii Subjected to
: New Method With Remark
able Results.
Nv Associated Pass toEvery Evening

Washington, Sept 30-Lepmsy, q
scourpc of humanity since early history,
npparcntlv has been conquered by officers
al the United States Public Health Service
in the lcpcr colony at ks,lihi, HAWAII.
rortv-eight sufferers of the dreaded
malady. who have bcemaiblected To n new
method Of treatment, have recovered to
such extent rs To warrant their release
ON parole and, after n wear, not one has
shown a symptom Of recurrence.
As vet. no announcement of "cure
has been made officially for some of the
government medical experts are frankly
skcptical Of the results. IL may be wears
before an official and ,5nal opinion is given.
The limit of the ofli cial claim is set forth
in Joint report 10 the Public Health
Service made by DR. j. 4. Mcdonald
director Of the leprosy Investigation sta
tion and superirEcndirg physician to
Kalihl Hospital, arsi by President A. l..
Dean, Of the UnIvvSsIty of Hawaii, as
follows.
cit has been sufficiently established
that chaulmoogra oN contains one or
more agents which exels-a marked thera-
peutic action in many cases of leproSy We
cannot say as vet that the disease is
cured. since we have no test adequateeto
establish such a verdict Whether or not
the apparent c1ires are ereahandipermanent,
IL i evident that we have valuable
agent at our disposal.in thescontrol of'the
DISEASE
Chaulmoogra oil.in'its crude estate issno
new drug for the treatment Of leppsy,
hut in It's raw form II proved SO nauseat-
ing and painful 70 patients that it had to
he Temporarily discontinued. Science
turned toward its derivatives and Drs
Mcdonald and Dean report ''it was
found that the ethyl of the fatty acids
were thin fluid oils lending themselves
readily 20 IntramuscilT injections and
wpre readily absorbed
Injection OF the oil derivative bv a
Nrinee has brought new hope to the
Eper. for az kalihi Hospital injection
dav" is described 10y the dnctors' report
as an occasion for-merrymakrslg though OF
painful experience for the sufferers.
"Thc standard treatment. the report
savs now consists in weeklyslnlections of
a preparation which consists of the mixed
ethyl csters of the acids OF chaulmoogra oil
with two per cent of iodine in chemical
combination. The amount used starts at
one cubic ceutimetcr and Is gradually in
erased to a MAXIMUM offpurror five cubic
centimeters for adults
Accessory treatments of iodine lini-
uent, oiniments and sun bfths are en-
ploved as measures 10 lmpnOp the general
health and nsztal attitude-of'the patients
Drs. Mcdonald and Dean are of the
opinion that lcprosy Of the nerve type as
well ~ the rsoduiar cases should receive the
new treatment. They report astonishing
results with the nerve cases.
"We believe our remedies arrest the
disease, they say regarding the nerve
cases. and prevent further destruction of
hands and fingers, even when, as In long
standing cases, normal function cannot be
fully restored.
"During the past year We have done
hrttsr than simply arrest the destructive
process; we have had the great satisfac-
ton of seeing marked improvement in q
considerable number of these purely neutral
cases, and apparently a-complete recovery
in others. One young man who came IN
with a decidedly staxic gait, unable TO
raise his body on his toes and with one
hand 50 weak and deforned that he had
been compelled 10 abandon the use of the
typewriter wear before entering. so far
improved before his parole that his dis
ability in walking had not orsy disappear
cd, bat he became one of the leading
tennis players and one of the swiftest
runners IN the compound.
"A woman with all fingers absorbed 10
less than half their original length, after :