New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 3, 1925, Page 4

ROMANTIC SEARCH FOR LEPROSY CURE Chaulmoogra Ol Found Only | Alter Long Asiatic Journey Washington, D. C, Aprll 3.— Release of four lepers as ‘“cured” rom the National Leprosarium in sarville, Loulsiana, after treatment ahich included the use of chaul- | moogra ofl, 1s the climax of an ad- | venturous chapter in plant explora- | 'k, leader of the Na- ic society expedition | tional Geog | to Yunnan Province, China, is the Jant hunter who braved tigers, )diles and wild elephants to get from the chaulmoogra tree so plantations might be established in Hawtit which would yleld the heal- ing ol Recounting his experiences dur- ing his tree hunt in southeast Asia, Dr. Rock writes to the Natlonal Geo- graphic soclety: Chanlmoogra ofl is obtained from of a tree known as Tarak- irzil King, named by Sir s I eorge King In honor of its dis- overer, Kurz. Treatment Known To Natives “The natives of southeastern Asia | have long known of the curative| roperties of Chaulmoogra seeds in es and especlally in leps v relate in their pre- legendary history that one exiled himself voluntarlly and into the mgles, making a hollow tree his 1hode, Here he pa k of the| rults and leaves of the Kalaw tree | (Taraktogenos Kurzil,) and in time his health was restored, | “Owing to the high price of the| oil In the United States and the | probable scarcity of it in the near | future, due to its successful applica- | tion in the treatment of leprosy in | Hawail, T was authorized to obtain sueds of this species, to be introduc- ¢d into Hawali and our tropical pos- | sesslons, with a view to establishing | Chaulmoogra. plantations.” (In his search for the Chaulmoo- | fra tree, Dr. Rock went first to Siam, | enterong the country by way of | singapore. He proceeded by rail to | liangkok, thence-to Chiengmal and back to Korat, then to Chiengmai | again, down the Meh Ping river to Raheng, across country by way of Meswat, Kawkarelk, and Kyondu to Moulmein, to Amardpura, Sagaing and Monywa by rail, up the Chind- win river to Mawlaik, then eastward | through forest and over mountain to Kyokta, where the seeds were final- | Iy obtained.) Swims In Crocodile Waters “At Chiengmai I chartered a house hoat for a journey down the tor- tuous Meh Ping river to Raheng, and thence overland to Moulmein, Bur- | ma, T left Chiengmai December 2, | 1920, on a commodious house boat manned by a Lao crew, an interpret. \ er, a would-be cook and boy. Many mes during the day T would stop | the boat and climb the mountains to vxplore the forests and collect | plants, “The river at this season being ' low, it was difficult to make a land- | ing. We tarried only long enough to | dispose of many bags of rice, the | cause of our constantly grounding on | sand banks. Once T lost patience | and, being in negligee, I quietly | jumped overboard and swam ahead of the boat, expecting it to follow soon. Anxious calls from the cap- tain urged me to return to the boat, quite a difficult matter against the | current. The waters, T learned aft- erward, are said to be Infested with crocodiles, “When T called on the governor of Meswat he was holding ocurt for the trial of elephant thieves, who carry on a prosperous business near the border. Leaving his chained prigon- ers sitting on.the floor, the magis- trate accompanied me to the rest- house where Siamese officlals stop whan en route from Raheng, ‘éBy the Old Moulmein Pagodas" “Our path lay across the Kaw- kereik Hills, which are covered with glorious verdure, 2nd it was in this reglon that T first encountered Taraktogenos Kurzif Unfortunately, it was not fn fruit. T was informed by & Burmese village quack that inly is the month in which the Chaulmoogra fruits ripen. Wa hur- ried on and finally reached decadent but beautiful Moulmein on Christ- {back to camp loaded with Chaul- |similian to that at Khoung Kyev: ceed thither, “I sent my magic plece of paper ahead by special messenger, and when T arrived at Kyokta, the village in_question, I found a bamboo mat spread in the village square near the Poogyl Khoung, or little pagoda, Vith an old and oply chair-in the | center an center an¢ m;:. peasants sitting “I made myself as comfortable as possible in my little camp on the odge of the jungle, for this village is | surrounded on three sides by dense | forest. The next day I started out | with 36 coolles, determined to come moogra seeds. We had five or six | mlles to walk, always following a dry creek bed through the dense forest. These creek beds are as flat as a floor, with no rocks visible, For miles there was only fine quartz sand, which made marching easy. “We passed through vegetation untll we struck the Chaulmoogra forests. There’ we seperated Into smaller parties and the seed-collect Ing began in earnest, Bears and Tiger Tracks ¢While thus engaged we met mother bear with her cub. With wil shouts from the natives she wa driven off, leaving behind her young which my Burmese coolies insiste! on taking to the village. ¢Loaded with seeds, we started down the steep hillsides, which are covered with Chaulmoogra trees, glad at heart that at last I had been successful, “‘When we reached tha stream bed up which we had come a few hours previously, we found that a large tiger had followed us into the jungle. for there were its footprints so elear and distinct that I stopped and pho- tographed them. We had no arms with us; only a camera and quanti- ties of Chaulmoogra seeds. AKERS VANILL:. 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At first signs o dull feeling, fatigue or restless- ness I give my children a fen doses and then rest assured mas eve. “My next point of venture'was the | Kalama range of the Martaban Hills, where the natives sald Kalaw, or Taraktogenos Kur “The monut from the plain, boulders, and are rise abruptly intersected by nu indentified as I. ca by the natives Kalaw, but it was not the long-sought-for Taraktogenos ii. “I made a last trip into the & of Oktada and found that Shwaloo, my interpreter, was corr as to the presence of tigers, for the were fresh tracks leading not f fram the camp to the top of ti ridge. Only a few hours before the bi; cat had stalked over the sandy to his haunts in the dense, low, han boo forest, which we had to pene- trate in a bent position in order to rcach the Kalaw trees. “Tn all our rambles for three days we found only one tree with some 170 mature fruits, which T secured seeds of which I forwarded d th » America. First Trees Found “After two days' marching throug dense forest and crossing the Kho dan stream many times, we reached Khoung Kvew. Here T found my first genuine Chaulmoogra tres, some miles distant from the village pro- per. Wild elephants live in herds ir thess jungles and often come to bathe in the stream In the daytime. 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