Studies upon leprosy. V. A report upon the treatment of six cases of leprosy with nasteine (Deycke) / by Walter R. Brinckerhoff and James T. Wayson. VI. Leprosy in the United States of America in 1909 / by Walter R. Brinckerhoff.
- Brinckerhoff, Walter Remson, 1874-1911.
- Date:
- 1909
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Studies upon leprosy. V. A report upon the treatment of six cases of leprosy with nasteine (Deycke) / by Walter R. Brinckerhoff and James T. Wayson. VI. Leprosy in the United States of America in 1909 / by Walter R. Brinckerhoff. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![LEPER LAW, TERRITORY OF HAWAII. [Act 81.] AN ACT Providing for the care and medical treatment of persons afflicted with leprosy. Be it enacted by the legislature oj the Territory of Hawaii: Section 1. Hospital.—There shall be established at and on such place on the island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, as the governor shall direct, a hospital for the care of persons afflicted with leprosy, there to receive such treatment as shall be pro- vided or approved by the board of health. Sec. 2. Treatment at hospital.—At such hospital every reasonable effort shall be made to effect a cure of the patients, and such patients shall be cared for as well as circumstances will permit and given such liberties as may be deemed compatible with public safety. They shall be treated by such licensed physician or physicians as the board shall designate, but if any patient so prefers he may be treated at his own expense by a licensed physician of his own selection under such conditions as the board may prescribe. Any person may, at any time, secure free of charge at such hospital an examination for the purpose of determining whether or not he is a leper, and in case he is found not to be a leper the board shall upon request furnish him with a certificate setting forth such fact, the date of examination, and the name or names of the physician or physicians making such examination. Sec. 3. Notification.—Every person who knows, or has reason to believe, that he or any other person, not already under the care or control of the board of health, is a leper, shall forthwith report to the board or its authorized agent that fact and such other information relating thereto as he may have and the board may require. Sec. 4. Examination.—Any person so reported, or otherwise believed to be a leper, may be examined at any time and place and by any physician or physicians that may be agreed upon by him and the board or its agent. The board or its agent may, however, instead request such person to appear at a designated time and place not less than five days thereafter and then and there to submit to an examination by a designated physician for the purpose of ascertaining whether such person is a leper. If, however, such person prefers such examination to be made by more than one physician, he may so notify the board or its agent at any time before the time so desig- nated and may at the same time or within such further time as the board or its agent may allow designate to the board or its agent one licensed physician, in which case the board or its agent shall within five days thereafter designate to such physician a second licensed physician and at the same time so notify such person and such second physi- cian, and the two physicians so designated shall within five days thereafter designate to the board or its agent a third licensed physician, and if they fail to do so such third physician shall be designated by the circuit judge of the circuit in which the exami- nation is to be held and in the case of the first circuit by the first circuit judge; and in case such person shall fail to designate a physician within the time allowed, all three physicians shall be designated by such judge; notice of anv'such designation](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22426796_0047.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
