WAS IT PARALYSIS?
OUTBREAK IN THE SOLOMONS A strange disease afflicted a number of the natives in the Solomon Islands when the Melanesian Mission steamer, Southern Cross, called there on her last trip. The malady was something akin to an outbreak of infantile paralysis, but medical men could not agree on its nature. The outbreak occurred in isolated places and the steamer was compelled to proceed because the island was under isolation. The disease to all intents had disappeared when the vessel made a return trip, though the Santa Cruz Islands were still in quarantine.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 870, 14 January 1930, Page 7
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