Nuhou, Volume I, Number 14, 11 April 1873 — Our King Among the Sick. [ARTICLE]

Our King Among the Sick.

| Op Mondaj last King Lunalilo visited fais> bick |'natiye isubjocts in the Queen'e Hoepilāl, Tbis | nobie inetitutlon, fbunded eole!j I>y Ihe' unwearied | personal exertionS of the huinane and patriotic ' I King, hia late Majest.y Kamehameha IV., aidēd by his pioue and nohle hearted Con*ort Queen ; Emiha, h now w'e are «orry to say full of euflererfi,; so full that the phyBieian« in their great defcire to | accotnmodato all who eome and need help, ; i to put in 'eome cases two paticntß into one ' ! bed. There are 91 patients in the hospital, and ' I the King, like a tender and solicitouVFather, vis- ! | ited every one. He urged these poor people to j ; consider the advanl-ages of thie instītution, and : | no*t to delay till perhaps incurahly sick hefbre | j compgto eeek Hs advantages. ile aleo nrged | j tbem when restorod to healeh and to their homee J to pfiy no longer heed to the 6uperetitiouB non- * eenee of tho charlatan kahu7ias t who would mis-! leadj them unto death fbr the eake of a paltry i profit. - | Hi«? Majesty akled by the inte3ligentf dircction : of the hoapkal phyßĪcians Doctors MeKihhin and : Trousseau, examined mto many peeulia? cases. 1 He dep!ored the evident ravages of e»yphiltic dis-; eases amongBt; Hib people ; arid was especially in-; I terestcd in a remarkable ea*e of elephantiasis. \ j His Majesty took particular pains in esamining j into the condition of the patients in ree|x?ct to [ their diet and cloanliness ; and he imparted a ; | better medicine than drugi§ to thoee poor sick! ! 80uls bv llis Royal Presence. A king that will ! I thiiß viBit, touch, and eoiufort llie poor dieeased j ! pubjects, who have neither meana nor influence, ! |nor any helpers, has the heart of a Christian : j Hero, as well as the goul of a True Prinee. ' | His Maj.es ty wae accompanicd by Mr. Crabbe ; j the Royal Chamber3ain, and Adjutant■•Gcneraf i ; Jndd. j