MYSTERIOUS "X" DISEASE
STILL CLAIMING VICTIMS IN SYDNEY. Sydney, March 14. Scientific investigations into tbo mysterious "X , . , disease, which is still claiming its victims, shows that tho germs breathed in are carried through tho blood to -various organs, especially the brain, and burst through tho little blood-vessels, causing local inflammation ; but the patient is killed so rapidly through interference with tho vital centres of the brain that thero is not timo for the malady to fully develop in other areas. The disease is very fatal— 00 per cent, of tho victims dio. "X". diseaso is confined to two or three months of tho year, particularly January and February. It seldom attacks females, and never adult fcmalos.—Press Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 151, 15 March 1918, Page 5
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117MYSTERIOUS "X" DISEASE Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 151, 15 March 1918, Page 5
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