The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-05-19
CURE LEPERS OF
DREAD DISEASE
I42 Are Made Clean by Use OF
Chaulmoogra Oil.
TREATMENT IS A SUCCESS
'Advaroe Of Science Gives Hope 20 All
Victims Of seourge Reports From
Hawaii Show Gratifying Results
L-cSs Patlent5-- Impressive Scene
as the Redeemed Raise Their Voices
IN hymns Of Thsnks--Leprosy 10
Very Ancient Disease.


Very Ancient Disease.
surely the cup of thnnkfulncSS OF
what group of once lcper, was brlm-
ir,bg as. Ia the notes Of the dOXology,
thcy passed through the lava pillars
pf kaii!i In Hawaii, the other day on
Their way TO freedom aud peace, writes
,lu!in Walker Harrington in the New
Noss Times.
Victims Of one Of the oldest scourgcs
" mankind they had gone through
these gates less ihnn two years before,
believing that above them was written
IN letters invisible: "He who enlcrcth
sere leaves hope behind"
'fhe dispatches from Honolulu hpve
toli how through the Chattanooga oil
treatment this group of siKty-four men
and women. who had thought them
selves condemned 10 living death, had
been restored 10 home and life.
~ view Of the fact that Ia the last
two years l42 patients have been pa
rolled from this leper colony and not
one as yet has been sent back science
guRy indeed be said to have won much
vantage ground In Its fight against
The scourge.
An Impressive scene II was when
stephen Desha. minister Of the Gospel
standing before the band OF the re-
deemed, lifted his voice In benedictIon
and the choring multitude gave thanks
III sntiphonal songl Their paean OF
praise swelled In volume TO the oh
lhligato OF the rustllng palms and the
Sighlng Of the warm trade winds.
Reports from various scources now
Indicate that there is much merit In
thc oil. from the nuts OF the ehaulmoo-
Urn tree. n native of Indla, which has
heen tested under severe conditions.
u the good augury Is borne out many
"a brave life will be spared. for there
Aove been scores OF martyrs who, fol-
Rowing the example OF Father Damein,
vieyoted themselves to mlnlsterlhg to
gle disease dIsfgur.d Outcs4ts, against
whom society had raised the cry, I'm
-rlcanw Sound IN body aud In mind
they had taken upon themselves vows
se return no more 10 the world. hut "a
dedicate their lives to u lingering sac
ribce. IT.. then. science has reached
Ele hard won goal of conquering that
disease, which swept the ancient world
and has lurked all these centuries IN
Annds under the troplc sun. there may
Eve no more such offerings upon the
altar Of humanity.
Much Hope for Lspers.
Whenever announcement Is made
Shat cure has been found for anything
ale medical profession raises the note
.of caution. u would know how many
eases have been treated and makes I'M
sclenting analysis. Even granting fui
sway to sceptlcism, however. there L.
abundant ground Tor believing thai
there is much hope Tor the leper
Lcprosy. although II has existed 5,
Dong in the East, did not appear II
Hawaii until 1913, when Il was be
l.eleJ To have found Its way there
from China. Various remedies weg,
tried In the efor To drive II from
SIS Judgment, but before many year
there were 1000 inhabitants Of the is
land segregated on account Of the dis
ease. Little progress had been made
however, IN combating IT,
The Development of bacterioogy Il
The last fifty years has done much
however, TO aid IN the treatment o
The wasting plague, The lsolat ON o
'laciil leprae IN 1871 was folloNc'
by mrtlcr developments, aud as earl
as 1855 medical science turned "
ward chaulmoogra oil II was not I'm
IN ron years ago however that th
iests of the remedy we're develope,
along lines which Justified goo
opinion of Us efficacy
.rtI why lie oil should have $
marked nn effect Is n matter NJ con
lecture. FOR az first It's use was re
agjdcd us purely empirical, Lepros
is ,,'otlrguished by The formation Of
yreat nutnhcr of granular cells, an
re nnducs of infected matter fOr
l.a..t he skin ana give that loail
Snetr appearance which marks even III
Hir- stages OF the disease, In thes
.ino,lules are found embedded the bl
li Il * believed that the chnulmOC
gri oil contains nm active principle
nal ms yet identified, which gradual
destroys these hacllli.
The oil Is usually given by mlectIn
il into the veins with a hypodermi
syringe. but II can also be admini
,rrtd in gelatine capsules by the moutl
II has an unpleasant taste ana
likely 10 disturb the digestion when :
given. II has also been cmployc
cotulIued With cmphorated oil an
nscscin. when swallowed Il has bee
noted thai the crude Oh is more eff
cacious ihan The refined, which ind
Gates tlni processing in some way a
rects Tie subtle aud benelicent actl'
principle.
TIN elaborate report ON the trea
nent made by Or. Victor u, lleise
n surgeon ~ the United States Publ
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