CO129-475 - Governor Sir Stubbs & Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1922 [5-7] — Page 425

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

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GENERAL AND LEPER HOSPITAL.

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South China, May 8th, 1922.

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The Colonial Secretary,

Colonial Secretary's Office,

Hongkong,

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.DOMOH AISTOIV .9 .9

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sir.

In reference to vour letter No.2960/1922, (forwarded through the Bishop of Victoria), re "The Treat- ment of Leprosy", May I say that chaulmoogra oil has been used in this hospital for many years. Patients who have been able to tolerate it, and continue its use during the summer months, seldom have an outbreak of leprosy. Many have taken their discharge, considering themselves cured. In some cases there has been a return of the disease; othere are not traced,

One man, Thomas Wong, treated thirty years ago by the late Dr. Horder (one of the first cases to leave the hospital with arrested leprosy) is a shopkeeper in the tom, and, as far as I know, is still well, and shows no return of the disense. He has a large family; none of the children have any signs of leprosy, but the younger children suffer from chest complaints. (As they keep a ri-ce shop, the dust may account for this).

Injections of chaulmoogra oil have been tried from time to time, the most successful so far being the treatment as advised by Sir Leonard Rogers, I.M.S. The injections and oral treatment have been carried out as advised by him in the enclosed pamphlet.

The sodium hydnocarpate injections, both

intravenous

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