The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-10-09

when the malady forced her with.
out the camp"
Her manner Is cheerful. almost
vivacious: her mental energy un.
usually keen: her movements quick
and decisive as those OF . person In
perfect health; and the skin Of her
hand. as The Associated Press rep.
resentative took It in parting. Is soft
and smooth :: hahy':.
Only one apparent Ill effect OF the
disease remains In the occasiona,
twitchins Of one eye. There the lep-
rosy baeilii destroyed . nerve before
the treatment took effect.
Mrs. Biaisdell IL q fuii-biooded Ha-
waiian. last OF long line Of priest.
esses Of the flame" In the old Ha-
waiisn temple worship. Before she
entered the Kaiihi institution for
treatment she oraEnised the Daush.
ters and Sons Of Hawaiian Warriors
one Of the strongest Of the Hawaiian
societies In the islands. She speaks
English fluently. also Hawaiian and
her information on world affairs Il
far above the average.
NY grandmother told me tosob-
serve our old 'tabus' (rules OF con.
duct) or would be stricken With
feprosy." said this daughter Of race
that believed en- . divine trinity
5000 years ago and taught the row.
er OF mind over matter centuries be-
fore the Christian era. IL did not
heed he rwarning and In 1895 a red.
burning spot on my right cheek an.
nounced that my punishment had
come. II resppeared off and on but
not In aggravated form until 1908.
From then on ! became wc-se.
'Eruptions.. as we call. them. appear
ed every three months. My face and
other parts Of my body and limbs
became swollen and inflamed during
these periods.
In March, 1917. I was sent to the
kaiihi hospital. From that time un-
I'll I was released the other day !
took different kinds OF treatment
each marking . step Of progress In
the manner Of refining and admins
tration the curative essence OF chaul-
moogra oil.
During the earlier stages Of the
work ut Kslihi chsulmoosra oi, was
hard to take" Mrs. Blaisd.ii con-
tinued. describing the remedy, AT
present an injection Is administer
ed once o week. while the remedy
is taken internally three times a
week.
Sometimes, In about 10 ger cent
Of the cases. the oil brought on q
lepIosy fever. accompanied by erup-
tions. and the doctors instructed us
not to take the capsules until there
had passed. This was hard - do for
we felt that we were losing time and
some OF US disobeyed. I i'd 50. once.
and continued taking the capsules
during an eruption. Before was
on the road to recovery again my
recklessness had cost me the Joint
OF one toe"
Hope OF recovery. even In q leper
colony. was to be expected but II was
a revelation to learn from this wom-
an d tina cheerfulness. laughter and
Joy of living were the rule, rather
than the exception among the 100
odd patients q, Kalihi.
I'VE had our. afternoon teas. our
amateur theatricals and. OF course.
In community whose great majority
was Hawaiians. our musicales. II
new awnings were needed for the
buiidings. the board of health fur
nished the material an dive did the
sewing. Cooperation was the key
stone Of the stations activities. for
We knew that the territory's funds
were heavily taxed to meet the ex-
pense Of our treatment.
"Our only dread was that We would
be sent to the other side the desig-
nation we gave the old leper colony
at Kalaupapa, Island of Moloksi.
However, nowadays. patients never.
or very infrequently, are sent to Mo-
lokai. ] do not think that any Of
those ct Kalihi will 20 there; the