Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-03

HONOLULU. oct. CIV enty.
fears leper, but NOW. discharged
~ the physician of the United states
ne Kalihi leprosy Investigation sta
won here without an apparent trace
1 1s the disease IN her body: is the
Iio1oiul e, i siven HG 10 Tho Associated
Press 10 W hat is believed to be Tho
lrst Interview OF its kind ever pup
;, Refined chaulmoogra oil. prepared
inInistered by 6r. j. +. Mcdonald.
director OF Tie. Investigation station;
Ter b TrHti' e. csfGh.n and Of ,ha as
health. officials with having arrested
me disease In three years. five
Todhy "n Mrs seg 5easdssh ii Is 'i lisns II
a9,moas hsr friei,as a%5 TEX Ing s" Up H iSe
Gu, ~he 81 tho bp nssdy az T f5rssa w ses
without tho scnmp."
Her manner In cheerful. nlrnost vi
vhcious: her mental energy unusual.
~ keen: her movements quick and
feet health. and the skin OF her m hand nsd.
as the Associates Press reptasenta.
tive took II In parting, In soft and
smooth as baby's.
Only one apparent IL effect Of the
,Wiichins OF the eye. There the icp-
rosy oacili destroyed = nerve be-
MIS- Biaisdell is a full-bloodcd
n!.iamaiian. last Of long line OF
hawaiian temple worship. Before
she entered the Ealihi institution for
treatment she organized the Daugb-
Iers ana Sons OF Hawaiian Warriors,
one OF the strongest OF the Hawaiian
societies In the islands. She speaks
nsiish hu"ntly also Hawaiian. and
nor 'iniormation in world aairs is
Tar above the average.
Ny rrandno.hcr told me TO OBJ
mr.e our oih 'tabus' trulcs OF CON
dnco or would be stricken with
Iepfosy. said Tits daughter Of a
race mat believed in a Divin. Trim
W 3'o"v years ago and taught the
nowrr OF mind over matter centuries
neInre the Christian era Il did not
need her warning and In 1895 red
nuuhihS spot on my right check an
Houhc.u that my punishment had
come. 1t reappcarcd Off and on bu,
NO. IN ageravnteh form until 1908
ETuptions.' as We call them an
pearcd every three months Nv
iacs ana other parts OF my body and
inns became swollen and innamed
"ur'h" these periods.
~ March,FisI7. was sent to The
Naiihi hospital. From that time un-
~ was released the other day
'pnE different Kinds of treatment
"hch marking step o. progress in
me manner OF refining and admins
'ohhulnoogra oil
during the earlier stages Of tho
woIk Al kalihi chaulmoogra oil was
nhru to take" Mrs BlaisdeIl con
present an Injection Is administered
once week, while the remedy is
iaKen Internally three times a week
sometimes, in about 10 per cent
~ inc cases, the oil brought on a
Seprosy fever. accompanied by crup.
tions. and the doctors instructed US
pot 10 take the capsules until these
mad passed. This MAS hard to do Tor
we icit that we were losing time and
some OF us disobeycd. did 80. once
Hnd continued taking the capsules
curing AN eruption. Before was ON
tho road To recovery again my rcck.
too" CAV
eo M92e of VA % r. even In
was n revelation TO learn from thi,
woman that chcerfuIncss, laughter
; ana 10y Of living were the rule. rather
patients at kalihi.
We had or afternoon teas, our
Amatcu. theatr!ca!s, and. OF course
IN community whose great major
ny WAS TIA "a!IahS, our mus!calcs. III
new AWNINGS We're needed for the
buildings, the board OF health fur
nished the material. and we did tho
sewing C"-operation was the key
stone Of the stl,ons activities. for
we knew that the tcrritory's funds
were heavily taxed TO meet the cx-
pcnsc of our treatment.
our only dread was that VIC would
be sent 10 the other side tho desig-
nation We gaze the old lepcr colony
NJ kalaupapa, Island or Mo!okai.
However, nowadays, patients never,
or very infrequently, are sent 10
Molokai. do not think that any of
those at kalihi VIII go there; the
chaulmoogra treatment has achieved
such wonderful results
Thirty OF the kaiihi patients were
released on parole seine time before
I came out. also on parole. and not
one has hccn returned to the station
on account of recurrence OF the dis
ease. Scventy-e!Sht patients in all
have b:en released on parole within
the year"