A DREAD DISEASE.
CASE OF ANTHRAX IN WAIKATO. Hamilton, January 0. A young man named Kyle, aged ~'o, has been in the Waikato Hospital for several days suffering from a malignant sore on bis forehead. This has now been diagnosed as anthrax. An operation was performed and recovery is assured. The source of infection has not been traced. Anthrax is a virulent infectious disease occurring mostly in cattle, sheep. and other herbivora, but communicable to man. It may be either external or internal. In the former case the complete excision • of the area affected is practised to prevent the affection becoming general. In the internal form recovery is very rare.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OTMAIL19230108.2.11
Bibliographic details
Otaki Mail, 8 January 1923, Page 3
Word Count
110A DREAD DISEASE. Otaki Mail, 8 January 1923, Page 3
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Otaki Mail. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in