A MEDICAL MYSTERY.
The current nuniber of the "Chronique Medicale" of Paris tells of a strange infirmity which is prevalent in the Swiss village of Tenna, in the canton of Grisons. It appears that the majority of the inhabitants of Teuna. aro what is locally known as "Blutcr," that is, "men who bleed." What with ordinary persons is a tiny scratch or the prick of a needle, and as such goes unnoticed, is for them a source of serious danger. They immediately suffer a haemorrhage, and it is almost impossible to stop tho bleeding. It is said that the disease is hereditary. No means has yet been discovered to combat the affliction, and it is for this reason that a number of French doctors have begun seriously to examine the malady. They have established one very curious fact—that it is only men who ore liable to this sta-auge attack of haemorrhage. A mother communicates it to her sons, but never to her daughters. Up to Hie present no explanation has been found, and the "bluter" remain a medical mystery.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19120617.2.63
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1468, 17 June 1912, Page 6
Word count
Tapeke kupu
179A MEDICAL MYSTERY. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1468, 17 June 1912, Page 6
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in