MiW.' OF RARE eiLTHJT CURES "LIVING i&$zm-s&i 53 fSJ . 1 1 -v MGRET !," ; "w "i. j '' t.r .--.mm m .-,. mrtw Mi'wmzjst m m -t jx: -Mi M.ZTMm? M J M 'jY M M M M 1hk t k$$M VX su I . i Lft IP' Jprtvft Diiease That tias Defied Med icine Since Dawn of History, Is a Conquered by Cdurage and Persever- glance of Twe American Scientists tj tf.V m.HOPEJF'OR THOUSANDS WES,UL i $ fKum LjsuuruKx OF GENUINE CHAULMOOGRA 4 : professor Jeseph (F. Reck Braved Perils ffl$ of Feverr Ridden Siamese Fastnesses $$ te ftna rrecwus riuia.iaenujiea ay f. TV. Frederick B. Power pCTOM the beginning of history down te very recent years, leprosy, most ; J, yreaded and abhorrent of .all human diseases, was considered incur-'-'iui. 'New a euro has been. found. C It is cnauimoegru , uuuw mc w nuiu n vuuu- ' M3trce. t - ' Within the last two. years 200 lepers or leper patients have been fliehargcd from the Kallhl and Molokai colonies in the Hawaiian Islands. iSi nthra are being cured. I 'Back of that simple announcement, revolutionary and significant as H'ii H8 BteKX w'tn wn'cn tne PUD"C ,s net familiar. , It is a tale of dm years Ol paueni. reseurcn in iituuruvurieB, ex journeys vnruugn Liii,. 0f man-eating tigers; of savage tribes and far places; of high iJJJnture and higher courage; and of man's devotion te man. '"Chaulmoogra" is no longer a strange-sounding 'name. It has uttMred in dispatches and scientific articles telling of its discovery and " ' . . -A A. -M lakMJhM Y3tt ikn LiijtiaH aj AlKaSM HillM Ujjn the treatment OI vsivay. uub w tuc iiciuism vi iuudc wiiu iimuc Ha fee nesslble these whose work new premises life te victims of a living Jiittf-haTf has net been told. fi : 1 innnitiiln niJ linJHAAnanln ajtr1 nnd Mi . was the worse ana """'","-a,m u'u'""-"," """' v Ml"""' i -- i, Be widespread disease of medieval Ch&tendem. It Is definitely iden tified as far bacK as ieuu a. . in !1m 'delta and valley of the Nile, where' its characteristics were sim ilar te these which marK lis presence .sevin Asia, Africa Seuth America, thereat Indies and along the Arctic Circle. : ' 4t attacks the membranes, .breaks Mt'bf body sores, eats)away the fea 'tai and flesh of Its victims, and Anally causes death. ThV disease Is dtfpnlc and may last twenty te thirty years. Recoveries have been nrf, Jren farther back in antiquity 'Jtfiresy is traced. Prescriptions for touting it, found in Egypt, are as dtntd a date of 4600, B. C. "The UV'ef the lepeftT'wasgiven by Meiei te his people. Leprosy was widely prevalent In ancient times throughout Asia as well'is Egypt, fand.ameng the Greeks and Retnahs, In, the Middle Ages It became ex tensively diffused In Europe. In ufee countries, including "France, England, Germany and Spain, every town of any consequence had its kper house. Gradually, by segre gating its victims and guarding against contagion, the disease in Europe was checked. In modern times its diminution has been steady in the mere enlightened countries. Net' until chaulmoogra oil and its derivatives were employed scientifi cally'' In the treatment, however, could lepers be premised a cure. In' latively recent times oint eint nents of many kinds have been em ployed as palliatives. Chaulmoogra eO has been used in India for hun dreds of years In the treatment of Un diseases. But it took one sci entist, working with a miscroscepc .and test tube, and' another exploring 'e jungle fastnesses of Siam, te wd the true chaulmoogra tree te (reveal the combination that opens a WU of new life te these afflicted. Discovery Is the Werk of Government Scientists These two men are employed by the United States Government. One Jeseph F. Reck, agricultural ex plorer. The ether is Frederick B. ewer, a chemist. Each worked in. dependently in his chosen field. The product of their labors new offers ?rthe first time a scientifically cer- treatment for leprosy. It was Dr. Power, new in eharee of Wphjrtechemicnl laborntery of the Nil J of Chemistry, Department of Ak Wlhlrc, whose cxplor'atie, in the wMetulnr tleM led te the discovery of "" uimoegTic imd uydnecnrplc nchN emplejed an therupeutic agents in KPr colonies. lS OrlKlllnl respiirrlmn. xnvnrlnir J10"! of mere tlm ten years, were -wicu ,i the Wellcome Chemical ""rcli Laboratories in Londen, nnd JPHeil net only en examination of ""ue clianlmoegra oil, but also wime " ea predui'tB. I'rler te tliebe tnves- "HtlOnS nnthitIB of n lefinltn ntnrn te l0Wu ""'rnlng the chemical "Wltuenls of I'linulinoegra, hydnecar- '! Bjnernrdla oils, which come " lmllar seeds hut differ in chemical ,"t)t. lie.. The search was rewarded. On the banks of a- kleng , or estuary, the tree was found growing much taller and handsomer than any cultivated speci men In Bwngkek. Ne' mature fruits were found, but seml-rlpe fruiting specimens were obtained. The natives, neck discovered, .were using an oil extracted from the seeds in the treatment of, skin affections. It was stated by the natives that the fruits were poisonous and tba fish feed- 'Piercing scream. Rama heard the cry from his, hollow tree and noted the direction whente it came. Next day he went in search of the person who gave the agenising cry. He discovered the' cave and shouted, 'Who lives' In the cave?'. Plya, hearing, a , human voice, replied nnd after the usual greet ings explained her circumstances. 1U asked her te come' out, but she refused, being shy nnd modest. Se llama forced his way Inte the cave and carried her off te his hollow tree. He then made her eat the fruits, roots and leaves of the kalew tree which had wrought such a wonderful euro for lilin. She was neon cured, and llama took I'lya unto himself as his wife. "PJya gave birth te twins sixteen times, bearing thirty-two sons. A hunter from Benares one day came te this part of the jungle nnd recognized c'r 'J enrs lm mmi ',! i.,.n.i .,,i Jwtaentctl. The true' chuulmoegrn kttli E'cnieK scientific value. . ,- .nm iici'CSN'irv tnli piillfv If In t ii. i, ..:'" ." .". I. . " i"ni ueyemi n uouet, nnu 7niidvtlic lruq eliauliMingra tree ?JwpiiK,,te it under sclentmc super. WlPferi the trurf nil nnnlil hn imi.le able in h,. ,.i,.u.: .i .,.... kj -. 'i'""""; i iiic iiii'iiil-ui I'tlWtf "ititHt. Isolated imil Nl '-'0 Otlltdltlv nillu nli.nl. pared their ethyl esters, Then Dr. David Falrchlld, agricul tural explorer in charge of the office of foreign seed and plant introduction in Washington, gave Prof. Heck the as signment: s "Find the chaulmoogra tree !" His purpose web first te find and then te promote .the cultivation, of the true chaulmoogra tree, nnd thus Insure such a supply of the genuine oil nB would meet the demand created by the successful experiments in the treatment "of leprosy. , Prof. Heck's preliminary report of his subsequent explorations, filed away in the archives In Washington, describes iii matter-of-fact fashion one e'f the most hazardous expeditions ever under taken by nn American scientist, yet one, it may be said, which is almost commonplace In the lives of these ex plorers. These explorers are n race efmen apart. They nre equally at home in the tropics or the Arctic Circle ; in the Andes or the Himalayas. They receive, the order : "Ge!" And they're off te the ends of the world. . Reck is one of this breed a rucc that is dying out. Scientific Explorers ' Are a Vanishing Race "Their number is diminishing," Dr. Falrchlld will tell you. "We're net getting new men te replace these who leave us. It takes n special type. He must be, first of all, a scientist, with an enthusiasm for his work; he must have courage; he must be footloose, nble te go where we send him, and he must get results." Reck, snys the "chief," is of this type. In India one year; China the next; he may be in Alaska or the Seuth Seas or Africu the year follow ing. The search for the chaulmoogra tree took him te the ether side of the earth. His first, step was at Bangkok, en route te Singapore and Java. There he inquired nbeut the chaulmoogra tree, but obtained lltt'e Information. When' one day, while nt the Insane nsylum, Dr. Merdcrn Carthcw, the resi dent physician In charge, showed Prof. Reck a tree growing in the nsylum compound. It was the chaulmoogra! Net the true chaulmoogra. as It devel oped, but se closely rclnted te the genu ine that it appears te be Identical and bears fruit which produces nn oil simi lar in most of its chemical constitu ents. About a dozen fruits were obtained at the time and the seeds sent te Hono lulu. Tuero they were p'nnted and promptly germinated. Thnt was the beginning of the "chaulmoogra crop" In the Hawaiian Islands. That was in 1010. A year Inter Prof. Reck again vis ited Slam in nn effort te locate the tree In Its nntive haunts. It was exceed ingly difficult te obtain any Informa tion concerning It. The Government forest office had little data en It. The tree had been extensively planted In the temple grounds of Wet Ileiichame Peblt, in Bangkok, and n street in that city nlbe is planted en both sides with this species. It is grown as art ornament nnd lh exceedlng'.v handsome, says Reck's re port, when well enred for. Mere fruits were obtained from the trees In Bang kok's street, by permission of the mu nicipal authorities. The seeds were forwarded te Honolulu, Singapore and Washington. In the two former lo calities they germinated splendidly, hut with few exceptions failed te grew In Washington. Finest Specimens Found in Depths of Siam Jungle Then followed exploring trips Inte Northern Slam nnd Eastern Slam, through rlce fields and wild bamboo greyes, and iule the heart of the Jun? ing en the seeds were unpalatable. The narcotic properties of the seed were Im parted te the fish, which, when eaten, produced nausea and vomiting. Natives of that district were export ing the seeds te China. This was the first of a series of ex tensive explorations by Prof. Reck in bcarch of the true chaulmoogra. The natives called it the kalaw. False specimens were found, but the true chaulmoogra was scarce. - These explorations took Reck Inte the Martaban Hills, a part of the Ka huna Range, te Mnwlalk in the Up per Cbindwln district, and te ether remote regions. - His experiences may only be guessed from reading between the lines of his 'official report. s There nre'"occaslenjil references tq the hazards of his jour neys, but they are brief and Impersonal. There are such lines as these, sand wiched In between detailed scientific de scriptions of the flora observed en the expeditions, and the general topography of the ceuntry: "At Khoung Kycw the headman, or tajce, of the village, several coolies, the interpreter and the writer, started out irf search of kalnw trees. It was a dense, tropical, and humid for est. The ground rose rnthcr steeply after ' passing through dense bamboo jungle. After crossing the Khodan stream many times nnd walking barefooted many mllesthreugh dense nnd somber forests, the party, consisting of about fifteen coolies and the ethers previously mentioned, nr rlvcd nt Kyektn, a lonely jungle vil lage of about thirty houses. The only way te approach these forests is by following n creek bed which Is dry In the winter. J " Here the report enters Inte n mere detailed description of the jungle con ditions encountered in this explorntien : "It was very evident from observa tions as well as from the statements of the natives that Tnraktogcnes kurzil (Chaulmoogra) produces fruits Irregu larly. A heavy crop is followed by two years of peer fruiting, while the next year following n large crop can again be expected. The natives stated that they go Inte these forests te collect the seeds only nbeut ence in three years, and then ehly In the months of October and November. The fruits, like these of ether species of Tnrnktogenes nnd Hydnecarpus, mature during the rainy season, which Is from May te Sep tember; they then drop te the ground, being assisted by numerous monkeys. Nature and Bears Balk Native Hunters "Henrs are also very fend of the fruit flesh, nnd large numbers of them ream the forests in search of kalaw fruits. Therefore, nt that particular time, the natives refrain from going te collect these, as they have no firearms and their speavs nre Inadequate weapons with which te meet a horde of bears. "The heavy rains wash the large and often bueynnt seeds Inte the creek nnd thence Inte the Khodan stream, the fish of which feed en them. The natives stated that they dore net eat nny fish from the Khodan stream, as It would produce the same effect as the eating of a number of fresh kalaw seeds. "Wild pigs nre also fend of the seeds, nnd the natives refrnln from eating perk nt the kalaw fruiting seasons, as the flesh of pigs which have fed en kalaw seeds Is poisonous, producing nausea and vomiting. "After the rains have ceased, when the animals have had their share of kalaw fruits nnd seeds md the heavy rnlns have washed large numbers of them Inte the stream, the natives pro ceed, "In parties of twenty te thirty, te collect the remaining seeds. 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Hemeer inn forests wlicrc tne nun canJ hnrrllv tiAnnffnrn A tinmliAh nt t. ,.!. seedlings get established sufficiently te withstand the heavy downpours which must swell these creeks te n consider censider consider nble extent; for only short periods, however, ns the sandy soil takes up a great volume of these rushing torrents. Large kalaw trees Have been found by the writer growing in the middle of these beds. Tnrnktogenes kurzil de velops n strong nnd vigorous tnproet, which enables the, tree te withstand strong cunents. That the cuncnts are swift was made evident by the exposure of the whole root system of nn enor mous tree of Dlpterecnrpus alatim which grew en the steep banks of the creek. "The collection of seed, even in the winter, Is exceedingly dangerous, owing te wild anlmnV, especially tigers nnd elephants. The cold season being the mating season, these animals loam through the forests. Tigers wreak havoc In these jungle villages by carrying off bullocks, nnd often, ns was the cue during the writer's visit nt Kyektn, human beings. A tiger followed the writer nnd thirty-one coolies In lirenil daylight for u whole day up the creek bed Inte the knlnw forests. Returning during the following night, the beii'-t killed three women and a two-year-old child." Then Professer Reck observed In matter-of-fact tenes: "All the seel available was collected by the writer nnd packed in moist powdered charcoal In cotton bugs. The.e were wrapped secuuijt In strong oil paper, then in heavy innniln wrapping paper, securely tied, nnd dispatched from Mawlaik te Honolulu. Washing ton. D. V.. the Philippines, und Singa pore. The seeds sent te Honolulu and Washington nrrived in geed condition and germinated well in both plaies, the result being several thousand trees which give premise of becoming well estab lished." That was nil of the hnzards of thnt particular Journey a man-eater kills three women and u two-year-old child and the knlnw seed are shipped ns per directions ! In another passage Reck tells of a trip he did net tnke because of the lack of tlme nnd threatened railroad strikes. The chnulmoegrn tree, the report states, Is, apparently very common In the Chlttageng hill tracts and the Kns Kns suleng forest reserve. , "This reserve," Prof. Reck gees en f: Burmese native holding fruit of the Kalaw tree, a species similar te the true chaulmoogra le say. "Is reached In the following innmi'v : A steam l.iumh plies once n week between Chlttageug and Rnngii mail en the Kiirnaph'ull River, a jour ney of three days; from Runguuiuti a dugout canoe hnb te be employed us far as MalnimuMi. a Journey of nbeut seven te ten days en the edge of the Kassaleng ii'mtvp. The tiecs occur throughout, the hill tuicts, but in iso lated circumscribed areas. It Is from tills region, Infested with tigers, pan thers, leopards, and wild elephants, tl,nt most of ithe chaulmoogra seeds come te the Indian markets and te dealers In chaulmoogra oil." Chaulmoogra Healing Appears in Legends Prof. Reck found, tee, that the nat ives of the Upper I'lilndwln district cherished a legend which credits thu kalaw or true cliniiliunngr.i tree with the power 'e lir;l leprosy, indicating Unit Its unscientific use in the ttcntmeut of that dlbcnse dates back te antiquity. Here rs n free rendition from the "Mnhawin," the history of the Kuddlmi and their Rahandas, relating te the kalaw, ns translated te Pief, Reck by u deputy revenue collector of thut district : "This legend," Professer Reck says, Savage footprints in the sands. Tracks of the tiger that fol lowed the party for fifteen hours in bread daylight "relates that In days of yore, before the time of Ituddha, there reigned n king In Northern India by the name of Ok-sa-ga-rlt. This king had five sons and live daughters. These live princes exiled them.eles, and their sis ters velunteeied te de the same, owing te the naming as heir apparent of a younger (sixth) prince, a son by n second queen. The story relates that Pin, tlin eldest sister of these five princes, who was much honored and revered, became a leper. The brothers nnd sisters, for fear of wounding her feelings, took her Inte the jungle, ns if going en a pleasure trip, and when they nrrhed in a certain place where there wns a cave tiiey left her there with nil Kinds of previsions. The cave, which had h xery narrow entrance, wns well protected. "At tlie same time llama, ence the king of Iienures, was living in the jungles under the following circum stances: When King of Itennres, he be come afflicted with leprosy, and al though his ceuit phjsicians did their best they failed te relieve him from his sufferings or te luipieve his condition. He decided te nbdlcate tiie throne in favor of ills seu nnd, leaving the pal ace, went into the jungles and existed entirely en herbs nnd loot", but espe cially en the fruits nnd le.ive of the knlnw tree. After n time he wns com-V pletcly cured and felt better and stronger than when he lived In the palace surrounded with luxury. He lived In the hollow of n large trcu, which he converted Inte n home. "pn day n tiger, when prowling near Plyn's cave, was nttiacted by the odor of u huniun being. It made fran tic: efforts te call! entruncn tn Hie mn -,- , -W-- - . -. n -- .w. nya win se n horrified that she gave, u Rama as the former King of Benares. Seeing se many young princes, the hunter asked who they were. Rama explained the circumstances, and the hunter en his return te Benares re lated the whole story te the king, who was none ether than Rama'B son. The king came with a grcnt retinue te Rama and asked him te return te the palace, but Rama refused, saying, 'I will found a new city here. Get your men te clear away nil the knlnw trees.' The new city was called 'Knlanegara,' as It was built en the spot where kalaw trees once grew. It wns also known as 'Byctgyapata,' as the tigers used te cat their prey in this place. Rama's eon then returned te Benares. "Se much for ancient nntlve legends regarding the curative properties of thu kalaw tree In leprosy." Explorers Are Feted Royally at Jungle's Edge But the expedition wns net all dan ger and uruugery. -mere were me charms of Bangkok, with its wonderful temples, the gorgeous colors of Its tiled reefs, its green jade Buddhus under golden umbrellns. There were garden parties, and in the jungle Itself were benutles found only In the tropics. In an article written for the Na tional Geographic Magazine, supple menting his official reports te his su periors, Prof. Reck thus describes one of the entertainments given in his honor : "Kntertnlnment followed entertain ment, the series culminating in n gar den party en the lawn of the Viceroy's residence (In Chlcnsmni), facing the Meh Ping, which then reached almost te the level of the read. It was a moon light night, flags and lampiens deco rated the trees, and te the soft murmur of the peaceful waters of the river, en whose placid surface the moon was re flected, old Lae orchestras plajcd weird j chords which harmonized with the fan tastlc movements of the strangely cos tumed Lae xpenr nnd sword dancers. These agile and Graceful Lae Indies wielded long spears with great dex terity. A Siamese military band played strange and jet familiar airs at inter vals, nnd it uns long nfter midnight before this really rejnl entertainment came te a close." But these were only incidents whkh broke the journeys into regions where wild beasts stalked their human prey, and where eternal vigilance wns the price of safctj. There wcre mighty gorges, deep Hemes, dangerous rapids, forested mountains. The natives showed the American the spot whetc, they said, Buddha crossed the hill with a lighting cock, which scratched the sur face of the ground te such nn extent as te leave It bare today ! And the Lae crew, Instead of buying fresh fish, ate the eldest nnd rettencst they could find ! In the snme mugazlne article Prof. Reck elaborates the official reiert of the killing of members of his party by n tiger in the following language: "I had planned te begin the return Journey te Mawielk the next day, but I had reckoned without the tiger. Twe of my coolies had e, small rlce field only n quarter of n nilln distant. In the jungle, with a smnll hut In which their children and womenfolk slept nnd guarded their hanested grain. Instead of returning that evening te their hut thev remained In the village, leaving their women alone in the field, "At fl o'clock the next morning, as I was about te start, and the coolies were ready ta take their burdens, the tajee (headman) came te me with ' sad face and 'still sadder story, that n boy five years old had from ,the outlying paddy-field, .repeftv Ing that his mother had been killed, by a tiger. The peer youngster was hiss self badly injured, showing the scant of five claws en his back, and his left tower limb badly burned from a camp fire Inte which the tiger had hurled him. "Great excitement ran through the village. The temple drums were beaten and the gongs hounded un alarm. All the "male villagers armed themselves with spears and knlres and, marching nhcad of them, I went te the scene of the tragedy. Marauding Tiger Slays Native Family , "A dreadful spectacle awaited me. Inte this lonesome place, wrestcd from the jungle, the tiger came at dawa te de Its work of destruction. We found that, owing te the cold night, the wom en, living with two children, had con- Istructcd a hut of paddy or rice straw' directly en the ground, with only one' smnll opening. In this but were three, women, a two-year-old girl nnd the' five-year-old boy. When the tiger en tered the hut there wns no escape. Short work was made of the helpless victims. "One woman, about twenty-five years old, wns lying nbeut 100 yards away from the hut, whither she had been dragged by the brute, her face literally bitten out and her neck sev ered. The second woman was lying in the hut, n formless mass, nnd the third lay In front of the hut. alive but with a ghastly face wound. "The little girl had disappeared. All we found was n trail of bleed whlcl led Inte the forest. "I had a litter of bamboo constructed en which the injured wemnn wns taken te the vlllngc, where I dressed her wounds." 4 Then followed a tiger hunt, with th( body of the slain wemnn ns the bait) separated from the uinin trap where, the hunters thought, the tiger weuU by cnught. That night the tiger came. lie reached his prey, ns they did net think he could nnd devoured the body. But he himself wns cnught. nnd the following day twenty spears in the hands of the villagers ended bis exist ence, ft That same nlt?lit- n lir-rd nt tvii,l .1.. phnnts swept like -h cyclone through the outskirts of the village, trumpeting nnd crushing the flimsy huts of the villagers and destroying their harvested rice. The whole village mourned ever the double trngedy., Such is the life of the Government's scientists when sent 6ut en explora tions! ' What docs It all mean? Just this: There are new, as a- result of tbnt expedition, flourishing chaulmoogra plantations in Pannmn nnd Honolulu, ' from the fruits of which, in due course, will be extracted chaulmoogra oil in sufficient quantities . te treat nil cases, of leprosy new under the care of the "" American Government there, in . the-, leper colony at New Orleans nnd in thel' Philippines, where there are many lepers. Te Prof. Reck and te Dr. Pewcr go the joint credit for finding the tree and analyzing its oil. delus scientifically what ethers had done or attempted te de, and making it available for medici nal use. P Cure s New Accepted by Foremost Authorities The foremost medical authorities en the treatment of leprosy agree en its curative properties. Twe years age Dr. J. T. McDennld, superintending physician nt Knllhl Hospital, Hawaii, nnd director of the leprosy investigation station there; nnd Dr. A. L. Dean, president of the University of Hawaii. suld concerning lepresy: "The remedy te which we pin our faith us superior te nil ethers Is chaul moogra oil." That their faith was net misplaced hns since been proven. Se far of the 200 patients who have been discharged as cured from the Hawaiian hospital vk." utid leper colony, net one has had te be readmitted. All becnuse two American scientists did their work well! Twe Cases of Leprosy Found Here in 1911 t EPROSY has raised its grizzly head within Philadelphia as re cently as 1011. In that year two women both Russians were taken te the Municipal Hospital with affections which were iden tified as leprosy in a mild form. Neither had ever seen the ether, one having been in this country for twenty-eight years and the ether eight years. New Yerk, with its large vol ume of immigration, has frequent experience with lepers. It is es timated that there arc about 300 of them in continental United States at present. Although new considered an Oriental disease, leprosy was se widespread in medieval Europe that there were mere than 19,000 leper houses of known record. During the fifteenth century the disease underwent a remarkable1 diminution. Its presence there today is com paratively negligible, although it still exists in Norway, Iceland, along the shores of the Baltic, in Seuth Russia, Greece, Turkey, Portugal and Spain, In the last named country it is reported slightly en the increase. Leprosy has made such ex tensive gains in Seuth America, China, Japan and the Antipedet, however, that the discovery of the true chaulmoogra oil, whose curative effects are new proved, is regarded by medical author ities as of the highest importance in checking a situation that via rapidly becoming terieut. m AV!H 2 HW m IS ! .,$ 1 h .MkJm 'uAN&i , fit'iVu'-t'iJ.tx . lrtArtii5iY,i
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