IMPORTED WAR DISEASES
PARASITIC AFFLICTIONS FROM EGYPT. (Rec; July 16, 11.15 p.m.) ' Melbourne, July IG. Senator Pearce (Federal Defence Minister) expresses the anxiety of', the medical services concerning a new parasitic disease affecting returned soldiers from Egypt, known as "riharzia disease," which is usually acquired when bathing in affected water.* The larvae o£ the worm penetrates the skin and infests the bladder and adjacent organs. Tlio authorities are taking the necessary precautions to prevent the acclimatisation of the disease.—Press Assn. .
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3138, 17 July 1917, Page 5
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80IMPORTED WAR DISEASES Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3138, 17 July 1917, Page 5
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