THE SAMOA TIMES. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1890.

Samoa Times and South Sea Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 72, 8 March 1890, Page 2

THE SAMOA TIMES. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1890.

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F fiiyMFfil Dr. Haiimwisi views. had emmidevabk cvpw lease of lsproeysJwdedemU to be highly oentsgious,bat the medical profession generally diopter' » considerable waatof knowledge whsn asked to five a decided opinion 09 canes of this nature when brought Won their notice. In on* of the far cases which lately appeared in !few Zealand there wh a considerable diversity of opinion. Dr. Bekswell positively smarting that it vui decided cue of leprosy, while others assertod tin* doobfe on the subject Only recently a Chinaman effected with leprosy died in Apia. He was • resident of the islands fin- several years, and although having all the appearance of a leper no definite understanding was arrived at with referenoe to the true natnre of his disease. Several persons outside of the medical profession who had some experience of the disease in ' Honolulu pronounced the man a! leper. A preliminary examination of the man was made/ b»it the Chinaman was allowed to e«cape, And no i steps beicg taken to have him brought back for further examination he was allowed to live with hip wife (a Samoan woman) and family, and mix' freely with the Samoan natives until the ravages ! of the the decease had made him I so loathsome that the natives had him brought to town, where he was isolated and died miserably at Mulinuo a few days afterwards. It i* now . acknowledged by all parties that thin man died of leprosy. He may have communicated the disease to several parsons daring his lengthy stay , amongst them. His own family may be affected, and it may be 1 yean before any appearance ot lep--1 racy win ha noticeable on these famous Nearly all medical teen ! agree that in many eases it takes a 1 long time to develop itself, and we . amy now have the germs of this ~ past amongst oar peop'e. Indeed, Hb asserted that that* are other eases of skin disease in the group, •Mi Jmljr, or may pot, be leprosy, amiojmwoqgh elimination of such oases ahooM ot ones be made. Dr. Bit awell of Auckland, recommends mmt at least a yearly examination ht mode of all Chinees and Haw4m« twUiag in New Zealand, Keoeh a euores appears right shore, it is far more neomsary hi any port of the South 801s, smoe espeoklly is Samoa, which Was boassmithe home of a number 4*# djkoajajHßMamamlsa tfcflM mmfmt few VmmUHft. W M|P*PiVW Immm ssjomw tow wmwaoea*

m to Nw tirtui tat mwi i i ameA smew ■•■ emanw 1 atMCm ' tmum* umwa mawy "™y .tJM i i£U» contagion. With our ragaje* , and epeody communication with < Honolulu, we amy very won ha* ' hueded on our snores such a crowd oflepete ae would eonstitato a heavy I tax od the community to maintain ia isolation, even euppoeing them to lb* dieaovcrod. Bat the graver MM* ■ (hat thate leprous immimSm arising with the general their affliction secret, may infect hundred* of Bnropcans and cow eeede of deadly dieeam which may never be wholly eradicated. If it beeetabliehed.uitM»aMtob%that leprocy hae period* outburete of nativity, and that the present time marke one of thoee period*, it behoves our governmene to not with promptitude, firmness; and tboroughnes*. to as to prevent thie fair clime being devastated by each a fearful scourge." In Samoa, wo are in exactly the same position a» New Zealand; the mailboata from Honolulu call hare alio, and, no doubt, many of the late additions of Chinese and Hawaiian? have been brought here by throe steamers. It ought to be the first duty of our new Government to take this subject i-.to serious consideration. We are yet comparatively free from the loathsome disease, and, for the sake of our happy . future, let no expense be tpared to keep such a pe*t away from our healthy island*. We have been I named tlio Sanatorium of the Pacific. Let us pre&erve the title.