CONTENTS 



Page. 

 Travel as a Means of Post-Graduate Medical Educa- 

 tion 9 



Leprosy in the Hawaiian Islands: The Proposed Es- 

 tablishment of a Government Bacteriologic Institute — 

 Segregation — A Fighting Leper — The Leper Settlement 

 on the Island of Molokai— A Government Bacteriologic 

 Laboratory and Station for the Scientific Study of Lep- 

 rosy — The Island of Molokai as a Home for Lepers. ... 21 



Father Damien, the Leper Hero: A Heroic Brother — The 

 Leper Priest Dies of Leprosy 29 



Medical Affairs in the Hawaiian Islands: Historical 

 Sketch of the Islands — Climate — Native Population — 

 Prevailing Diseases — The Medical Profession — Queen's 

 Hospital — Medical Society of the Hawaiian Territory. 45 



Our Possession in Samoa from a Medical Standpoint: 

 Sketch of the History of the Islands of Samoa — Our 

 Samoan Island — Climate — The People — Present Form of 

 Government — Kava Drinking — Native Houses — Diseases 

 — Hospitals 61 



New Zealand: The Ocean Voyage — Climate — (Natives — 

 Auckland — Auckland Hospital — Medical Profession .... 85 



Australia: The Kangaroo — Climate — Prevailing Diseases 

 —People — Natives — The Mika or Kulpi Operation — 

 Surviving Aborigines — Sydney — 'Hospitals — Sydney Hos- 

 pital — Royal Prince Alfred Hospital — Medical Profes- 

 sion 99 



The Melbourne Hospitals: The Melbourne Hospital — 

 Radical Cure for Inguinal Hernia — Prostatectomy — Al- 

 fred Hospital — Melbourne Hospital for Sick Children — 

 St. Vincent's Hospital — A Trip to the Giant Eucalyptus 

 Trees 125 



The Adelaide Hospitals: The Adelaide Hospital — 

 Adelaide Children's Hospital — Gallstone in Elephants — 

 Postmortem on a Zebra — Private Hospitals in Australia 

 -Terrace Hospital — Clareton Hospital 139 



