The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-10-02
WOMAN FREED
FROM LEPROSY
Happy Story as of One
Barely Snatched From
the Grave.

| five years "A lopef. but now dis
| charged by Tho 'Dhysiclan Of Ia,
| United states public health seryic
/ In charge OF the Isnlihi lopruay In
| vcStigntion station here. without ~
/ apparent trace of the disease In he
/ body, IL the record of Mrs. Ruaall,
| Bhhidscll OF Honolulu, given 10 thJ
| Aksoclatcd Press IN what ~ believe,
/ to bc the first interview OF ita kint
/ ever published.
Refined chaulboogrh oil. pre-
! pared by Dr. a. /. Dean and hli
| confi'cros Of the university ui
llawaIi. and administered by Dr
j. II McbO nHld. director uI
The invcstisatbDn station. Dr. y
T.. Trottcr. president OF the
territorial board Of health and their
HssociHics II crrdictd by the public
health officials with having arrested
the disease In three ypnrH, ave
months and seFcn days Of treat
mcnt
Today Mrs Blnisdcll is living AZ
her home here. going In and out
among her friendit ana taking up the
threads OF "A busy life which wore
cut when the m.llady forced her
without the Camls"
Her manner M cheerful. almost
vlvarious. her mental energy un-
usually keen. her movements quick
and decisive as those of person In
perfect health. and the skin OF her
hand, AZ the ABsu'iatod Press rep
TcHentativo took II In parting. is soft
and smooth as IA haby's.
only one apparent IN effect ot the
dscasc remains In the occasional
twitChing OF one eye There the icp-
a.
the treatment took effect
Mrs. Blaisdoll is "A ull-bloodcd
Hawaiian. last Of n long line of
"pri cstcsses OF the flame In the old
Hnu allan temple worship. Before she
ente red the kalihi inBdtution for
treatment sho organized the Dnugh-
ters and Sons OF Hawaiian Warriors,
one oflthe strongest Hawaiian no.
citicH In the islands. She speaks
EngDSh flucntly. also Hawaiian, and
her fnforIuation on world affairs is
Tar ah owe the average
My grandmother told me 20 OBJ
serve our old 'tabus' (rulcs of con-
ducD. or would be stricken with
lcprosN." said this daughter OF a
race tiElt believed In a divine trinity
1000 years ago and taught the power
OF mind over matters centuries be-
fore the Christian ora. 81 did not
heed her warning, and in 1895 n red.
burning spot on my right check an
nounced that my punEhmcnt had
come. II rcappcarcd Off and on,
but not In aggravated form until
1903
Prom then on became worse.
'Eruptions' ns we called them, ap-
pcarcd every three months My face
m nNl uFtfr 90 q
limbs became swollen and inflaIncd
during these periods.
"fn March. 1917. ! was sent to the
kalihi hospital. From that time un-
I'll | was released the other day |
took different kinds OF treatment.
each marking n step OF progress
In th> manner of refining and ad-
ministcfing the curative essence OF
chaulmoogra oil.
During the earlier stages Of the
work at kalihi, chaulmoogra oil was
hard to take" Mrs. Blaisdcll con-
tinued, describing tho remedy. AT
present, an injection is administered
once IA weak, while the remedy is
taken internally three times n week.
Sometimes, In about 10 per cent
OF the cases, the oil brought on "A
leprosy fever. accompanied by eruh-
tions, and the doctors instructed us
not to take the capsules until these
had passed This was hard 10 do
for we felt that we were losing time
and some of us disobcycd | did so.
once, and continued taking the cap
sulcs during an eruption. Before I
was on the road to recovery again
my rccklessncss had cost me the
Joint OF ono toe"
1IAnn nf
colony was to bc expected but
It was revelation to learn
from this woman that cheer
fulness. laughter and JOY OF living
were the rule. rather than the eN-
.ccption among the hundred odd pa
tients at Kallhi.
I'VE had our afternoon teas, our
amateur thoatricals and, Of course,
In community whose great major
ity was lInwalinns, our musiCalcs
II new awnings were needed for the
buildings, the board off health fur
nishod the material and we did the
sewing. Cooperation was the KEY
stone Of the stations activities, for
we knew that the tcrritory's funds
were heavily taxed To meet tire cN.
penso of our treatment,
"Our only dread was that we
Wpulu ne sent 10 tno 'OtnCr side the
designation we gave the old leper
colony At kalaupapa, island or
Molokai However, nowadays. pa
tionts never, or very infrcqupntlv.
are sent 20 Molokai. | do not think
that any OF those at Kalihi Will go
there, the chaulmooESa treatment
has achieved such wonderful results.
Thirty OF the Kalihi patients were
released on parole some time before
l came out, also on parole, and not
one has been returned to the station
on account OF recurrence OF the dis
ease. Scvcntv-cight patients in all
have been released on parole within
the year"
Lcprosy came 20 Hawaii about
lS4O, said Mrs, Blaisdell It's first
appearance here being In "A Chinese.
Ignorant OF the disease, the Hawaii
ans OF that day failed 10 take pre-
cautions against II until Il was too
late and today the majority of cases
is among the members OF that fine
old race that once ruled supreme in
the islands,
Chaulmoogra oil is extracted from
the nuts OF the chaulmoogra tree, a
native Of Burmah and other Asiatic
countries. In the station grounds
nt Kalihi Is n young chalmoogra tree.
planted and cared Tor by tho pa.