AMERICAN ITEMS.
AUSTRALIAN AND N.2. CAUIK ASSOOIAIICN
gCrE FOtt HOOKWORM. WASHINGTON, June 19;
The Agricultural Department announces, that Doctor Half, of the Department has discovered that carbon tetrachlorine, which is a cheap common chemical, is an effective cure in practically 100 per cent of the cases of hookworm. Thousands of cases have been treated in Ceylon and Fiji with doses of less than ten cubic centimetres. A single treatment removed the parasite in 98 per cent of the cases treat-
The Department, in its statement says this success gives reason to believe that the new method is far superior to the thymol and chenopodmm treatments, since th e latter instances produced fatalities, while carbon tetraolilorine is harmless.
JAPAN’S ATTITUDE. WASHINGTON, June 19. The Japanese Charge d’ Affairs, M. Sabnri, in the course of a speech, said Japan hopes that all the foreign troops, stationed at China, under the Boxe provisions, will he withdrawn as soon as order is restored in China T 1 Japanese Minister at Peking bad been instanced to taka the matter up uith other Foreign nations.
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 June 1922, Page 3
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