CURED OF LEPROSY
PARTY OF IMUOTONGANS (By Telegraph—Press Association) AUCKLAND, 13th July. A parly of Rarotongans, five men nod a boy, arrived, by the. Toi'ua this week oil their way- home from tlie hospital for lepers oh Makogai Island. They were comfortably housed ashore pending their departure on Monday by train for Wellington en route to Rarotbnga. Some of them have beeii at Makogai for years. Dr. Hughes, Medical Officer of Health, stutes that in order to make sure that it was safe to permit the pationts to return to their homes they were first kept under lengthy observation. Its duration depended entirely on the length of time they had been patients and the manner in which they had responded to treatment. With tlie aid of chaulmoogra oil, providentially available whore leprosy is most prevalent, the proportion of cured cases is steadily increasing.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 15 July 1929, Page 6
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143CURED OF LEPROSY Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 15 July 1929, Page 6
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