Around the world via India : a medical tour.

  • Senn, Nicholas, 1844-1908.
Date:
1905
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Credit: Around the world via India : a medical tour. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the settlement the government, after establishing seg- regation, only concerned itself in the temporal well- being of the unfortunate outcasts. The many Protes- tant ministers in the islands never dreamed of extend- ing their work to where it was most needed. The Catholic Church, ever alert to enlarge its field of use- fulness, and to reach the poor, miserable and unfor- tunate, and bring them within its fold, came to the rescue of the leper outcasts. Occasional visits to the settlement to render the much-needed spiritual assist- Fig. 7.—Kalawao leper settlement, MoloUai. eslaljllshed by the Hawaiian government in 1865, sliowing also Father Damlen's cliurch. ance were made by Fathers Eaymund, Albert and Bono- face from 1871 to 1873. A lay brother completed a little church in 1873. At a meeting of priests held at this time in Maui, presided over by the bishop, it was decided to supply the settlement with a resident priest. The bishop called for a volunteer. Every one of the three priests assembled was ready to serve. Father Damien emphasized his claim for preference in the following brief, forcible speech: My Lord, re-