The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-05-26
az Are Made Clean by Use Of
CSauImoOgra Oil.
TREATMENT IS 4 SUCCESS
Advance Of Science Gives Hope TO All
Victims Of seourge Reports From
Hawaii Show Gratifying Results
Among Pstients-Impressive Scene
as the Redeemed Raise Their Voices
In Hymns Of Thanks-Leprosy 10
Very Ancient Disease.

Surely the cup of thankrulncss OF
that group Of once lepcrs was brim-
ming as, 10 the notes of the dnNology.
they passed through the lava pillars
of kaIiH!, IN Hawaii, the other day ON
their way t. freedom aud peace writes
John Walker Harrington In the New
York Times.
Victims " one OF the oldest srourgcS
Of mankind, they had gone through
those gates less than wU years before,
believing that above them was written
In letters Invisible: "IIc who entcrc,h
here leaves hope behind
The dispatches from Honolulu have
told how through the chaulmougra oil
treatment this group Of siXty-four men
and women, who had thought them
selves condemned to living death, had
been restored to home and life.
In view OF the fact that In the last
two years 142 patients have hecn pa.
rolled from this lepcr colony and not
one as vet has been sent back science
may indeed he said to have won much
vantage ground I'm It's 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 benedlction
and the choiriuy multitude gave thanks
IN antIphonal sony, Their paean "
praise swelled In volume to the OH
bligatO OF the ruStllng palms and the
signing Of The warm trade winds.
Reports from various ScourceS now
indicate that there In much merit In
the oil from the NUTS Of The chsumoo-
era tree y native Of India, which has
been tested under severe conditions
II Tie good augur! Is borne out many
brave life will be- spared, for there
have been scores OF martyrs who, fol
lowing Tie example OF Father Damein,
devoted themselves 10 mInlsterng 10
the disease dishgured Outcasts, against
whom society had raised the cry, TN
clean" Sound In body and In mind,
they had taken upon themselves VOWS
to return no more to the world. hut to
dedicate their lives to n lingering sac
the hard won goal OF cOnqucrinG that
disease. which swept the ancient world
and has llirked all these centuries IN
lands under the tropic sun, there may
be- no more such offerings upon the
altar OF humanity.
OIL. Much Hope for LePers.
Whenever announcement il made
that II cure has been found for anything
the medical profession raises the note
/ Of caution. II would know how many
cases have been treated and makes IN.
! rrlcnting analysis. Even granting full
! sway TO scrplcism, huweVc:, there Is
abundant ground for believing that
/ there Is much hope for the lcper.
Leprosy although II has existed 50
long In the East, did not appear IN
Hawaii until lSiS. when 1t was he
Iieved Ia have found its way there
. from China. Various remedies were
tried Ia the effort tu drive II from
It's lUdEment, hut before many years
there were 1000 Inhabitants Of the is.
land segregated un account Of the dis
ease. Little progress had been made,
however, in combating II.
The development Of hacteriolugy in
the last fifty years has done much,
however, to aid IN the treatment Of
the wasting plague, The isolation Of
Z the buCilIl leprae IN 1871 was followed
10y further developments, and rs early
J as 1883 medical science turned to-
ward chaumoogra oil II was not uu-
al ten years ago, however, that tie
tests Of the remedy were developed
along lines which Justified good
opinion Of It's efficacy.
Just why the oil should have 50
marked an effect Is matter ~ con
lecture, for at first It's use was re-
HErded as purely empirical. 'LeprOsy
Is distinguished by the formation Of II
great number Of granular cells, and
large nOdulcS ~ infected matter form
under the skin and give that l0a1h-
some appearance which marks even the
frSt stages Of the disease. In these
nodups are found embedded the la.
Gin. II Is believed that the chaulIhuo-
gra oil contains an active principle,
not rs yet identified, which gradually
destroys these hacili.
The oil Is usually given 10y injecting
IL into the VEINS with Il hypodcrmic
syringe, but It can also hr ndmInis-
tered In HclalIue capsules 10y the mouth.
II has an unpleasant taste and Is
likely 10 disturb the digestion when 50
given II has also been employed
combined with camphoratcd oil and
rpsorcm. When swallowed II has been
noted that the crude oil Is more Ell.
cacious than the refined, which Iudi-
cafes that processing in some way ar
fects the subtle and hemrncemt active
principle.
The elaborate report "u the treat
rBpnt made by pr, Victor II. IIciscr
| surgeon ~ the United States Publ"
Health Service aud ihe Director ~
Health for the Philippine Islands fol