56 AROUND THE WORLD VIA INDIA. 



though I can not find any account of its ever having 

 been employed in leprosy. It is administered hypoder- 

 mic-ally, per os, or by rectal enema, and it appears to be 

 entirely free from any appreciable irritative effects on 

 the intestinal or rectal mucosa. I have a limited num- 

 ber of patients on this treatment who, so far, after be- 

 ing on the treatment for from two to three months, 

 show very decided improvement, and I am only await- 

 ing a large supply of the drug before materially in- 

 creasing the number of patients, when I hope to submit 

 ;i detailed and favorable account to the board of health 

 of the results obtained." 



Before disposing of the subject of leprosy and in 

 reference to a former communication on the same, I 

 will add that during my short visit at Honolulu en 

 route I met a number of the most influential physicians, 

 and they were all unanimously opposed to making the 

 whole Molokai Island a leper home. They base their op- 

 position on business principles. They, as well as the 

 business men of the islands, fear that if this were done 

 the outside world would be prejudiced against the 

 islands, and in consequence the value of property 

 would be depreciated and business injured. There is 

 considerable weight to this argument for the present, 

 but as in the course of time, when it becomes gen- 

 erally known that the colonization of the lepers would 

 be limited to the Molokai Island, such objection would 

 no longer apply. Still, this is a matter, as I have stated 

 before, for the territorial and general government to 

 consider and decide. 



THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. 



The medical profession of the island territory is one 

 of the most desirable things that we have inherited by 

 the annexation, a worthy addition to the large body of 

 practitioners of the United States. It is made up 

 largely of young, energetic men who came here well 

 prepared for their lifework. The door of entrance to 



