The Cordova daily times., 1922-11-10

1 WASHINGTON, Nov 9.-Leprosy king of the evils that human flesh is heir to, is to be stamped out in the Philippines.
 Since the United States took over the administration of the islands nearly 25 years ago progress has been made by leaps and bounds both in the alleviation of the suffering of the unfortunates and in safe guarding the population from further infection, but there still remains much to be done.
 Until recent years a policy of seg- regation seemed to offer the only i ihope of checking the disease, One of the first acts of the American !, administrator was to establish leper ] colonies, and to these were assigned all cases which came to the attention of the authorities. Lack of com munication and the inacce cessibility of 1, many regions retarded this work materially, but within a few years marked reduction in the number of cases was noted.
 cHAULMooGRA FOUND Then came the discovery of chaul- moogra oli Heralded at first as 8 positive cure for leprosy, exper- fence has shown it to be beneficial in practically all cases and in many instances a permanent cure. Today the largest leper colony in the world Is in the Philippines, un- der the direct control of the United States Government. More than 5,100 lepers are congregated there, 1t hay ling ben selected as great center to which all the lepers of the islands are to be sent.
 It is located at Culion, on the island of that name, the place being chosen because of it's geographical location and natural fitness. l SOCl6IY fOnmEO
 Though the Government is doing a great work there for these un- fortunates, group of humane and public-minded citizens has formed an organization to assist in the task. It is known as the Philippine Anti Leprosy Society. Leonard Wood, Governor-G General of the Philippines, is honorary presi. dent, and as such is assisting the
 society in collecting funds to carry
 on the work. An appeal to the peo pie of America has just been issued by the General.
 | In a letter accompanying General Woods appeal, MT. Nolting, treasur- CT of the society, says in part: ! Referring to the paragraph of the letter preceding the last it is prob ably not generally known that re- gently marked progress has been . made in working out a treatment which is greatly relieving many suf- lferers from leprosy and is actually curing an encouraging percentage of . cases. This is known as the ethyl ester treatment and consists of in-
 tramuscular injections of suitable quantities of an emulsion of chaul-
 moogra oil This oil is not avail able in large quantities, however. and is consequently an expensive product. Funds are therefore re- quired to purchase larger quantities, increase the facilities for it's more Il extensive application and, if possi- ble, develop further sources of sup ply. rs
 "The scope of the society includes
 the ultimate complete elimination
 from the Philippines of the terrible
 malady of leprosy.'
 Following in part is the appeal
 issued by General Wood
 l "Culion Island was selected fol
 the special purpose of being made a
 great center at which will be col
 lected all the lepers in the Phillip pine, Islands. It has ample terrain
 good harbor, good fisheries, plenty of timber and a good climate. There are assembled here some thing over 5,100 lepers. The Gov ernment is making most strenuous
 effort to extend to them every pos
 sible facility in the way of hispital treatment, medicines, etc, but the needs of the colony are many and
 tax to the uttermost the, available resources.
 H BENEFITS ALL LETTERS N The study and research worl,
 which is being done will be of bene- lift to lepers all over the world. We