https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/7ac7c3af4185cbe38c9087254c2d2f0f.pdf c486c23b4adaa84e4bf392a17a9aca53 PDF Text Text (1839) Original Ms in Hawaiian Mission Children Society's Library REPORT Dr. G. P. Judd to Sandwich Island Mission Besides the Editoriship of the Kumu Hawaii the main employment of my time the past year has been the practice of medicine. No regular journal of cases has been preserved or I might per­ haps fatigue you with their detail. All the usual variety of diseases Fevers, Inflamations, & what not, disorders of both the inner and outer man, have presented themselves at the Dispensary and received such aid as it was in our power to afford. A rather unusual number of Surgical cases have presented themselves— diseases of the Eye, Polypus, Tumors, Fractures Dislocations &c. The introduction of the Mumps by the Ship Rasselas has added my considerably to my labors owing to the fears of the people respec­ ting a new & unknown disease. These fears I endeavoredwithoutto allay success by the statement that we use little medical treatment for it in the U.S. b t I u soon found that in many instances the results were rather serious, owing to the influence of the inflammation on the general system & the giving away of the feebler organs. At the commencement of the year I took a young man ^ the Semiat nary six years, with a view to giving him instruction in the Medical art. slight He has obtained a^ knowledge of Anatomy from the study of the a small edition of which has been published Anatomia, ^and also some acquaintance with the more common Medicines and diseases. The method of giving instruction has been oral, the who had b �student retireing to his room immediately after each lecture or talk and committing it to writing on a slate, which after being corrected and amended he records in a book. This book he has pro­ vided with an index & uses as a book of reference, in doubtful cases. The names of Medicines and diseases so far as we have pro­ ceeded are in the Hawaiian language. Hoohano is competent to do common is what in our ^language a called giving out medicine, bleed, cup, dress wounds, open abscesses &c &c. Some attention has been likewise been bestowed in teaching him to read proof sheets, which he is now qualified to do with tolerable correctness, for which he is paid a small sum out of the appropri­ ation for the Printing Department, His board I have furnished at my own expense & have drawn about 25$ for his clothing from the Department. Whether this experiment will prove a successful one is yet quite uncertain, although thus far appearances are favorable. It has been an object with me not to oppose the practice of the native physicians in mass, but to endeavor by the best means in my power to correct and modify their practice so that it shall save, not kill the people. It is my intention if possible the coming year to make Hoohano acquainted with the native practice as it now exists and make him the agent for collecting facts on the subject. It is out of the question for us to think of putting down the native practice unless we will attend all the sick ourselves, since it is not human nature to be sick & die without seeking some means of �alleviation. The idea of improving the native doctors has there­ fore suggested itself to me as an exceedingly important one demanding immediate attention. Owing to want of Physicians in the village or to some other cause I have had an unusual number of calls from foreigners, many some of whom are enemies of the mission— ^persons of bad character and all fully aware that my services are gratuitous. During the year I have visited Kailua at the call of Dr. An­ drews and the family of Mr. Thurston. Also Lahainaluna where I spent 18or28 days, engaged partly in professional business & partly in lecturing on Anatomy on a select class of boys. Several urgent calls have also been made from Waialua and Kaneohe which received attention. Some time has been occupied during the year as interpreter and Translator for the government, an employment of much importance, al­ though attended with great difficulties. It is decidedly the most difficult station I was ever called on to fill and one I would if possible avoid, but without some constant intervention of this sort it is impossible to avoid constant trouble between chiefs & foreigners. The field ought not to be left unoccupied. I have had the Superintendence of the Childrens Sabbath School, in which I have been aided by Messrs Castle Cooke & Dimond, and Miss M. Smith. There is nothing peculiar in the manner of conducting this School which would render it worthy of notice. The number who actually, 83 181 since the first of Sept; last have^attended has varied from^to Sabbath 75. �(1839 & 1840) Original Ms in Hawaiian Mission Children Society's Library REPORT Dr. G. P. Judd to Sandwich Island Mission In reporting my labors the past year, I must for bear to dilate much on the several items owing to the late hour at which the pre­ paration of the Report is commenced. Medical Practice has been attended to ^every day and in ^ circumstances. It has been my object to place the common Office practice as much as pos­ sible into the hands of native assistants, and this has been atten­ ded with much encouraging success. Hoohano & Kalili have both rendered themselves useful the former however much the most so as his previous acquirements and habits of mental application render him much the best qualified for He has been laid aside since the first of April & the profession^. Kalili proves more expert, but less conscientious will die in the discharge of his duty and also averse to aply his mind to investigation. As soon as we became a little settled after the last Annual Meeting, I commenced the investigation of the native practice and by s the aid of these two assistants obtained from several native Drs the various doctrines and practices of the art which have come down through the legalizd channels mai ka wa kahiko mai. The result of these investigations have been embodied in their proper order and committed to writing in a Book kept for the purpose. These investigations occupied several weeks in the early part �of the year and have been continued as opportunity afforded. We also instituted a series of experimentx on native medicines which resulted pretty much as all experiments of the kind usually do. We found we could prepare from the native Gourd alone, or combined with Koali or Pipa and extract which would physic most delightfully & like Brandreths Pills to any amount which might be desirable. But their being no regular source whence the materials can be derived & the preparation of them being attended with some trouble, we have neglected to use them, it being easier to take from the shelves what was already at hand & good enough without seeking for any thing better. If however it is thought desirable to supply the stations with the article it can be done at a rate somewhat cheaper than similar foreign articles. About 3 q u a r t s ^ h v e n made a b during the year of which about half proved to have been damaged in boiling the gourds. The rest have been disposed of to advantage. I have been unable to prepare an account of the Native Practice in the English language. during The most of the investigations were conducted^ the visit of the Ships of War & while our house was thronged with company. Mr. Robert J. Morris of the Jno Adams was left in my family on the 11th of Oct. and died Nov 16th, 3 days subsequent to the death of our eldest son. Immediately after which I took the rest of the family to Maui in complyance with the request of the Trustees of the Wailuku Fem Sem. in order to investigate the causes of the sickness �which had proved fatal to many of the pupils in that Institution. On our arrival at Lahaina we learned that Mrs. Clarke was sick of fever, and having spent about 4 weeks at Lahainaluna, we proceded to Wailuku. The result of the examination may be gotten in the following letter to the Principal of the Sem. See Report 2 During the year I have made one visit to Ewa, two to Waialua and three to Kaneohe, but on the whole the health of the mission families ^at those stations has been good. 1 As to Lectures at Lahainaluna, I might observe that I found the views of the Principal were that the school was not in a state to profit by them. The work on Hygeae assigned me has been commenced. What I have written is on the management of children. Sugar Mill & plantations. for chiefs children Efforts to encourage. School House �(1840-1841) Printed in Fragments II, pp. 120-131 Original Ms in Hawaiian Mission Children Society's Library REPORT Dr. G. P. Judd to Sandwich Island Mission On reviewing my journal for the purpose of making out a report of my labors the past year I find the following points which I have selected as worthy of notice; and first, Medical practice. In common with other members of the medical staff I have attended the sick as cases have presented themselves, and most of the year without any assistant. Kalili left me in August. Hoohano died the last of June and The former was a valuable assistant both in the preparation of medicines and in prescribing for the Office patients; his death must therefore be regretted as a loss to his people. Kalili was not satisfied to spend his time so unprofit- ably to himself as to work without wages, and although I consider him an active promising youth I was not satisfied with his profi­ eventually ciency in the Medical art. This state of things^b r o u g h t about an amicable separation and the room which I had from the Bindery has been called for and given up to Mr Dimond. Besides Hoohano, several other native patients whose names are familiar to most of you have been removed by death. after an illness of three months. Laanuis wife, Kapihis wife, sick a long time, under my care two months: just before her death she was removed to a house near the residence of the Popish priests— to the cured. as was pretended— I called after the first ceremonies had been per- �formed and stated to the husband & family that what they had des­ cribed as having been done by the priest was only a rite of their religion & had nothing to do with medical practice. This created some surprise as they were all under the impression that the priest expected to cure her. This I denied and requested them to ask the priest next time he called if. what he had done was for the body or the soul, and pledged myself to confront and expose him if he pre­ tends to cure with his holy water, and I added that all his motive in extremis in visiting the sick^ was to make prosylites and procure bodies to be buried in their new graveyard. The priest did not however come in collision with me and the body was buried in our cemetery. Gases like the above are not very frequent in Honolulu where the priests dread exposure but the game is played in all other parts of the island with great success. Kapiolani, of whose holy life and estimable character I need not speak died on the 6 fecting. th inst under circumstances peculiarly af­ She came to Honolulu about the 20th of March by the advice of Dr. Andrews her Physician to be operated on for a cancer of the breast. She bore the operation, which was severe, without mani­ festing the least symptom of pain. Her breast as she afterwards expressed it was with Jesus, and so vivid was her sense of the Divine presence that she seemed to be almost unconscious of what she was suffering. She was ready to die, and equally ready to live if that were the will of God. �Both Dr. Woodd & Dr Fox surgeon of the Vincennes united in opinion with me that the disease was removed & we might expect a perfect cure. The wound healed kindly & at the end of a fortnight was really closed. She attended meetings & at the Poalima was very animated in her arguments with her sisters on the subject of their old superstitions about ghosts and pule anaana which she had determined to refute as long as her life should be spared her. About six weeks after the operation deeming my attendance no longer necessary I gave her permission to visit Maui as soon as she could procure a passage, and in preparation for leaving she took a long walk in the heat of the day which brought on a pain in the side. The next day Apl 29th she visited each of the missionaries at their houses including those from other islands. Erysipelous now made its appearance which after two or three days by Metastasis affected the brain and she sunk away into palsy and death. of Of the painful & protracted sickness and triumphant death^it Mrs. Castle what is unnecessary for me to say any thing in addition to^ has already been written & published. It was a consolation to me that her life was protracted until 10 days after my return from Hawaii. A large proportion of the Missionaries within my field have, required medical aid, and some are now on the list of invalids. have visited professionally the families I at Waialua seven times in the course of the year and Ewa once. Calls from foreigners for medical attendance have been few, and those generally among the poor not on the consuls hands. I ascribe �this to the confidence of the public in Dr. Wood. Englishman was under my care four weeks. One man, an His letter of thanks written in the height of animosity between the American & English Residents— I will read. No remarkable sickness among the people has prevailed the past year. The Chicken Pox and a slight influenza have appeared within a few weeks. The want of medicines has rendered it impossible for me to supply all the orders from the stations. There is a supply in the Gloucester. (Arrived 1841) 2nd Translating & interpreting. The calls for my services in these particulars have been frequent some part of the year, gen­ erally, by the government. I have usually been present at all important trials and the adjustment of difficulties between the government and foreigners. 3d Proof reading. Labors not very abundant in this department this h t 4year. Building Meeting house. This has occupied some of my time particularly in the early part of the year in connexion with Mr. Armstrong. About the time of Mr Binghams sailing a donation from the King of 7 lau Mamaki kapa was put into my hands for the purpose of procuring shingles. These had to be converted into ready money and men employed to manufacture them on this island. This agency called me away from home on two occasions for several days to hunt �for timber on the mountains back of Waialua Waipio and Ewa. The search proving in the end to be fruitless the shingles were pur­ chased in town, th 5 Church affairs. Some aid has been rendered Mr. Armstrong in cases of discipline &c in the former part of his resident at the station. 6th Improvement of the Soil. In the honeymoon of our zeal for develloping the resources of the country I thought it my duty to persuade Kekuanaoa to unite in partnership with a foreigner for the purpose of establishing a sugar manufactory in the vicinity of Honolulu, and I became engaged to act as Kekuanaoas agent in such a manner that all business between the parties was to be transacted through me, in order to avoid collision between them and secure to the best advantage the cooperation of both. Operations were com­ menced by enclosing the land procuring a Mill &c &c but the foreigner becoming sick of his prospects sold out to Kekuanaoa & the partner­ ship was dissolved. I have enclosed six acres and a half of land near the old Allen place which is being ploughed and I hope to have planted in the course of the summer and fall, th 7 U.S. Exploring Expeidition. In view of the objects of the Expedition and the claim we have made on our Government for the pro­ tection of ourselves and our families from proscription and outrage, it appeared to be the duty of the Mission to afford them every facility while at the islands Accordingly, at the suggestion of �Lt. Commandant Long that we would collect for the use of the Expedi­ tion, information respecting the islands and the operations of the Mission, a circular was addressed to each of the stations and public institutions which drew from the brethren a considerable number of documents which I embodied in one volume and in the name of the writer presented it to Commadore Wilkes on his arrival at Honolulu. He subsequently invited me to accompany him on an expedi­ tion to Mauna Loa which was expected to occupy six weeks. This invitation I accepted after a due consideration of the sub­ ject and consulting with several of the brethren, all of whom con­ curred with me in the opinion that it was my duty to go. Mr. Brins- made was also invited and made one of the party. While at Hawaii I endeavored to render myself useful in various ways, I acted as interpreter and directed the natives employed, about 600 in number and had the satisfaction of preventing or ami­ cably settling the. thousand difficulties which were naturally to be expected to be the consequence of throwing such a number of natives in the way of more than 70 foreigners of the ships company during a journey of 40 days in the mountains. I also collected specimens, attended to all the sick, lame & wounded both natives and foreigners and held meetings on the sabbath with the natives. While at Kilauea I narrowly escaped a horrible death by the merciful interposition of Providence. Let down by the hands of a native I had descended six or eight feet of the brim of a cooled caldron, 28 feet deep and 200 wide and crept along under a ledge �where I was crouched down on my feet collecting Peles hair, when the falling of a few stones warned me that an eruption was about to take place, and the next instant the bottom opened 50 feet from me like an immense bubble 8 or 10 feet in diameter and with a tremendous noise projected a column of lava to a height far above the bank or margin of the pit. The colour of this jet was of the most perfect crimson and the heat & glare too great for the eye to look on. I raised myself to an erect posture, turned my face to the wall with my hands upon a projecting ledge above me which I found it impossible to mount without assistance, nor could I resume my former position and retrace the way I came on account of the intense heat. Here I stood perfectly helpless. God heard my I had prayer. When^given up all, & resigned myself into His hand, Kalama appeared on the bank, put out his hands, seized mine, which enabled me by an extraordinary effort to throw myself out. It seems that at the moment of the eruption, the five natives who were with me ran off, but Kalama more bold than the rest bethought him­ self of me, and turned back only just in season for my rescue, for just as he approached the brink the accumulated flood having filled the inequalities of the bottom flowed directly under my feet. As I went over the ledge I felt that I was burnt and Kalamas face and ear were blistered by the heat radiated directly from below. On our return to Hilo I spent several days in paying off the natives, and as. there was only one surgeon attached to the Vincennes I took charge of the sick on board while he visited the volcano. I �also prescribed for the families at Hilo, and on my return visited the Female Seminary at Wailuku where there was an increase of sick­ ness at the time. At Lahaina and Lahainaluna also I found several persons waiting to avail themselves of my professional services. Perhaps I ought to add, that while in company with com. Wilkes I was treated with all the kindness and consideration which is due to a gentleman, a Christian and a missionary, both by the com. and all the officers and men under his command, and I am not without hope that a a favorable impression was made upon them. It may perhaps be satisfactory to some of the brethren to know that I went on this Expedition in no other capacity than as com­ panion of capt Wilkes and aid and director of the natives, having no other expectation of reward than a consciousness of doing good and serving our common cause, that circumstances which could not have been foreseen protracted my absence double the time which was calculated, that I embraced the first opportunity after the natives engaged in the expedition were discharged to return home in a native schooner, and that on the arrival of the Vincennes at Hono­ lulu I received a valuable present from Capt Wilkes under the positive restriction that it should be entirely at my own disposal and not a donation to the Boards. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mission Station Reports - Oahu Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mission Station Reports - Oahu - 1839-1841 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1839, 1840, 1841