Kuokoa Home Rula, Volume VII, Number 7, 12 February 1909 — Ka Ma'i Akepau. [ARTICLE]

Ka Ma'i Akepau.

E ikeia ana ma kekahi wahi oka makou pepa o keia la kekahi manao i kakaukauinoaia e kekahi poe kanaka Hawaii i hoomaopopoia e makou, he poe lakou i' maamaalea ma ka lawelawe ana i na lau nahelehele kamaaina o kakou nei, ma ke ano he mau laau lapaau. Ua pili keia palapala aua poe la no ka hoole ana i ka oiaio o ka olelo e laulaha nei mawaena o na kauka haole, a i hoolahaia maloko o ka hoaloha nupepa KUOKOA i kahi wa i hala ae nei, he ma'i lele ka ma'i Akepau, oia paha ka ma'i i kapaia e ka haole, he Tuberculosis, a i ole, he Consumption. Ke olelo nei keia poe Hawaii, he ma'i ola wale no ka ma'i Akepau i ka lapaau ia. Ke mahalo nei makou i keia manao hoakaka o nei poe Hawaii, aka, oka hooiaio ana ika olelo ka mea nui. Ua makemake nui makou e loaa mai na hoakaka piha mai keia poe elemakule mai no ke ano oia ma'i he Akepau. Malia paha, o ke akepau oka waiopua no ia ma ka ike a kekahi poe lapaau Hawali? Ao ka Waiopua hoi, ua ulu mai no ia mailoko mai oka eeL, ka ma'i kunu o na keiki liilii, ke ole e pau ua ea la i ke ka īa e ka laau hwiai a ki-a paha ika wa opiopio. Ena elemakule, mai huna ika malamalama malalo oke po'i. Oka oukou ka hoike mai ia makou, a na makou ia e hoike aku i ke akea i ola o Hawaii*Aloha.