NOTEWORTHY RESULTS IN N.Z.
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WELLINGTON, MaiVx: o. Ths use of penicillin in the form oi a loz^nge to cure irench mouth, the success of which was reportad in a cable from New York ycsterday, hac. becxi praetiscd with not eVviorthy results m New Zealand, said Dr. J. c. Mercer, pathclogist, at the Wellington Pubiic Ilospital.
roniemm nas oeen wiaeiy usea in the Dominion by local applica tion for trench mourh, " he said. "It has been dis.trifcuted for this purpose particularly to officers of the New Zealand Medieal Ccrp? Results har e been umformly good. and it is agrerd by New Zealanc doctors thac the iig of the drug ir this way repre^ents an importan. advance." Dr. Mercer added that there wersufficient suppdes of penicillin available fcr'aii case-s in wliich. it use was cl-e irly indicated.
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Chronicle (Levin), 8 March 1946, Page 8
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