Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-10-14 | Page 13 | Doctor Perfects Cure for Leprosy

DOCTOR PERFECTS CURE FOR LEPROSY Already 20 Patients Have Been Discharged After Treatment HONOLULU Oct 4 C ence of 01 the Associated Press Press Press-An- An Announcement has been made here that complete cures cures cures' of 01 leprosy are being made at the KaUhl territorial hospital in this city and that within the past few months twenty patients have been paroled without one recurrence recurrence of 01 the disease Blood tests of leprosy patients have revealed no trace of ot leprosy germ I Patients now under treatment are showing marked Improvement Chaulmoogra oil obtained from the seeds of the for fifty years known as the specific for leprosy was the only medicine used in effecting the cures at the Kalihi KaUhi hospital the oil having been perfected for the treatment by a refining process discovered by Dr A. A L. L Dean president president president dent of chemistry and president of the University of Hawaii Dr Harry T. T Hollman HolIman formerly in charge of the leprosy Investigation became convinced that Chaulmoogra was of ot great value in treating leprosy but to obtain results it was necessary to administer large doses fO for a period of many months Dr Hollman de decided decided decided de- de that if the oil could be reduced to its essential properties It would be much more effective He took his problem to Dr Dean for solution The laboratories of 01 the University of Hawaii are refining all the oil used at Kalihi KaUhl hospital The oil is given to the patients in capsule form torm and also administered once each week by injections The work at KaUhl Kalihi hospital is supported Jointly by the federal and territorial governments