Na Kauka 0 Hawaii William Hillebrand MD 18211886
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Na Kauka 0 Hawaii William Hillebrand MD 18211886 by Hawaii Medical Association Auxiliary b8., partnership sr tb J. Mon-Smith he on ned a drug in Mar, I in store at Flotel and Fort streets, He was one of the smirncrs of t.he Charter of Incorporation the Hawaiian Medical Society in 1856 and served J5. is fmrst ee-presdent, In Aprul. 1865. the doctor and his familr started on a Ieusurci/ world tour by way of the (.)rient and southeast Asia, Befhrc lc:ivinir he \,is eommssioned be \ ,rious hoards and societies to pcrtf’rmn Com numerous tasks. The Privr Council appointed Dr. I luliebrand missioner of Immigration in April and directed hun to look into the t’l’i/hcloi iIi!lrb,’ai,n/ matter of getting workers from the Orient to replace native workers arranged for the emieration of workers trom Much later t I lie / jlheim br \k iliam. as he s as known in this eounir\ \lademra, n here he n as then hung. and tram the A,ores, ibis ,‘ 11kb and ss is ho n in \iehLim \ rstph ilt i pros inee pionecr group ot 180 Pot tuaurse rcaehed I lonolulu in $eptctnhcr % / I $7$, n request of the Board of I Iealth he also ins estigated of Prussia. on Nos ember I 3. I 82 He as the son of I At the .tude I-rmz Joseph and Louise Pauline Koening tIillebrand. methods 6w the conn’oI at leprosy during’ his trip. I-Ic wrote an Compietine his early education at Nieheim. William studied in article. ‘ luvesttgatton ol’ the C ontagmum oft eprosv” that appeared (ioetttngen. Heidelberg. and Berlin. After receiving his medical in The Pacific Commercial Advcrtmser. February 3, 1883. s his nas tIme’ collecmton at’ degree in Her in. Dr. I lillebrand began hi practIce in Paderhorn. (brie ofhis foremost tnsk5 bile on tour animals n make a valuable eddition to I j erma ii r lants and w-h;ch be CIt ould A fe years later dines s, presumahl puhnonarr tuhereuloss, those species already n the Islands. The Has al Flawanan Agricui fttrced him to look tbr a more healthful climate. In this search he trtrai Society, with which he bad hue been associated and had serveC ,rkssocia, sailed to Australia andtlien to ihe Philippines. In Mantla he resumed as its correspondine .-cerctarr, tocethcr with the Planters’ the ‘actiee of medicine unii poor health again educed him to non unntts raised a sum nt S5iiim to finance these purcinics The that the doctor had. travel, this time to San F rancisco, From San Francisco he came to “Hawaiian Gazette” Cr July 28, 1 $6. reported and ardcd ten Wardian cases •frcan Sin eapore. nine from Calcutta. Hawaii. arris ing December 2$, I 856. on the bark, “Flizaheth” forrs c52 nas in horn Ceylon. etein t-otmuJa sa, and two fi orn (lena, Included in soon tinund us health niuch impio cd. Br the- duil at i he one’ iruut. tehl, ma.nhai’t.n piacticers oh Dr \\ eslev \m comb. the’. cal icetI on were carnpnor. eltinatnoul, jak i On.N ovember 1.6. 1852. .Dr Hiliehran.d married Miss An.na. Post:, orange, Chinesa plum. Java plum. several kinds of euceillas ano the stepdauoliterol Dr \ewcomh. 2 no sons ss crc horn to the doctor hanvuns and a constdcrahlc uuniher5.of therusel/ul or rnan1enta.l it.unIs, Ftc uso tmrmnrte0 carrion cross and hi ‘rife. \\illmanm Francis and I lenin lhounus Betdre lone Dr Ilillebrand had estahhshed a successful praenee finches, ii.nnets, mynah hiyd.s Chinese quail, rice birds, indian md numherrd the r sy I f umuly mon hi’, p men s H o as ph Stet un sparrows, golden. silvc’rand Mongolian pheasants and a pair of deer spit si .tu-u I )r. IIille-hrettd returned I t’rom blue end a unit’ front )‘ I m C iii lIt t no nh, sC’, the “I) f \lurre’ “. bntnu iseen cue until his departure tram the -lands I Ic he-came a member nt uhe en 2!, ,ihourd sician the insane over a year I3oard oI.F[eait.h in I 863 and fdr a period was pbv at \svluni t An a the place ol Dr I dw iru I 6 tIm it n rs bn nd stgnnd 269 Adherence to the dairy recommendations was poor for all three Vu K tofu () Huii ti ii, “ ‘uriiiniui’d on p. 2AM ethnic groups. Approximately half of all participants did not adhere to the recommendations flr fruit and over half did not meet the In his almost 20 years of residence in the Islands, Dr. Hillebrand recoin i iiendat ions for meat and meat alternatives It is i rnportant to isited all the larger islands. botanmting wheneser possihle. He examine degree ol adherence to the dietar recommendations h carefull presers ed and studied these plants as well as those ss hich ethnic group so speci tic interventions to impro\ c dietary intake can correspondents sent to him. \1an rare trees, planted to, the doctor be developed. For example. dairy product intake is lO in Native himsel 1’, are stilt to he ‘ccii on the erounds of the Queen’s Hospital Hawaiians and Japanese Americans. so calcium intake might he Foster Gardens on Nuuanu Avenue, which was Dr. Hillehrand’s increased from non-dairy sources such as small fish in which the former home, has another collection of exotic trees and flowers hones are eaten. planted h the doctor. A lovel\ native hegoniais named Hillebrandia We are also using the NIEC to determine if degree of adherence to in his honor, the dieiar recommendations is a predictor of cancer and other Dr. Hillebrand and his f’amilv left Hass au for the last time on June chronic diseases. Our preliminary analyses show that fruit 7 . and 27. — I I The os 7 inter of I I l 72 ss as spent in Cambridge. egetahlc consumption is not related to prostate cancer. but is \iassachusctts. where he began ssmth Prot’esor Asa Gra\ S assis’ protective for colorectal cancer. We are currently extending these tance the manuscript of his monumental “Flora of the Hawaiian analyses to other food groups and cancer sites (breast, lung). Islands”. In this work some 250 species of rare plants, then unknown Examining differences in dietary patterns between ethnic groups is to the botanical world, are described. of importance because it m pros ide insight into causes of differing Fol loss ing his ta in Cambridge he tra\ eled extensis eN in rates of cancer and other chronic diseases. (ierrnan\ . Ssvitierlarid. Madeira. and Tcncrif’e, Finally he returned to Heidelberg where he had spent such happy student sears to end For more information on the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii. Ins days. please visit our website at wçrciLprg. Though painfully ill for his last two \ears, Dr. Hillebrand man aged to complete Acknowledgments writing much of the manuscript of “Flora of the Hawaiian Islands” and submitted part (if it to “Carl Winer. [niver— Ths research could not have been undertaken without the tinanoal support of the smt\ —Bookseller”, lie [iad the satisfaction of correcting the fn’st few following organizations to whom we are very grateful: The National Cancer Institute pages of the prools mf his hook hel’ore he died. grant number NCI AOl CA54821 i. The United States Department of Agriculture USDA-NRI New Investigator Award. grant number 2OO2-OO793. His son. Dr. William F. Ihllebrand, a chemist. ss ith the help of Professor F. Askernasv of Heidelberg. carefully and expertl\ edited References the work, publishing posthumously it in I $88. “SC R .‘.‘ t H iHvtD oH Willis T. Pope in his article about Dr. F t s au’s J H”wau o 03 Hillebrand in the “Hawaiian V . - ‘ A ..P “5 ‘y A a A” F Annual” for 1919 describes the doctor in middle age as at “a quiet. F” Ft MA T”,” Am A Da, A’ As’, ‘e P “c - “C P a”’”'”” a 0. Paffun F’ ‘ sober, practical man of medium height and weight. complexion fair. H”. ‘‘‘,r’Gooc ‘m H jlh Ar O Ner ““(‘ ‘2u” S V I” a a ““‘u” US “a’tr”’t a’ a Vr eves gray and possessing an abundance of rather dark hair”. He was “A” CE9’H’ ‘dC,’B ‘. t’j’: ,“-‘F’-’.” i ln,,tnst b,iti,. Uuc,nt (ii A IA a,” in in in F’mcnch I” njish I inn tnd Hawaiian. Not surprisingly, his favorite recreation was working As , among his horticultural specimens in thegarden ofhis home. He was St.. d A A also described as a “capable” pianist who enjoyed playing at social an t - gatherings. ‘l””” ‘“-“‘“ H HadCaeyt 044 S.’ “ - H I Until there’s a cure, there’s the American Diabetes Association. Until there’s a cure, there’s the American Diabetes Association. 286.