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The Washburn Times
Washburn, Bayfield County, Wisconsin
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In Honolulu, Hawaii, 20 leprosy patients have been completely cured and discharged from Kalihi territorial hospital using refined chaulmoogra oil, with no recurrences detected in blood tests. The treatment was developed by University of Hawaii's Dr. A. L. Dean and Dr. Harry T. Hollman.
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ANNOUNCEMENT is made at Honolulu, H. I., that complete cures of leprosy
are being made at the Kalihi territorial hospital in that city and that
within the last few months 20 patients have been paroled without one recur-
rence of the disease. Blood tests of
the discharged patients have revealed
no trace of the leprosy germ.
Chaulmoogra oil, obtained from
the seeds of the taractogenes Kurzii,
for 50 years known as the specific for
leprosy, is the only medicine used in
effecting the cures at the Kalihi hos-
pital, the oil having been perfected for
the treatment by a refining process
discovered by Dr. A. L. Dean, profes-
sor of chemistry and president of the
University of Hawaii. Dr. Harry T.
Hollman, formerly in charge of the leprosy investigation station, became con-
vinced that chaulmoogra was of great value in treating leprosy, but to obtain
results it was necessary to administer large doses for a period of many
months.
The laboratories of the University of Hawaii are refining all the oil used
at Kalihi hospital.
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Honolulu, H. I.
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Within The Last Few Months
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20 patients have been paroled without one recurrence of the disease. blood tests of the discharged patients have revealed no trace of the leprosy germ.
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Announcement is made at Honolulu, H. I., that complete cures of leprosy are being made at the Kalihi territorial hospital in that city. Chaulmoogra oil, obtained from the seeds of the taractogenes Kurzii, for 50 years known as the specific for leprosy, is the only medicine used in effecting the cures at the Kalihi hospital, the oil having been perfected for the treatment by a refining process discovered by Dr. A. L. Dean, professor of chemistry and president of the University of Hawaii. Dr. Harry T. Hollman, formerly in charge of the leprosy investigation station, became convinced that chaulmoogra was of great value in treating leprosy, but to obtain results it was necessary to administer large doses for a period of many months. The laboratories of the University of Hawaii are refining all the oil used at Kalihi hospital.