IS IT SMALLPOX?

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3467, 22 April 1920, Page 3

IS IT SMALLPOX?

‘According to the Scuthlzxnd “Daily News” the medical men of lnvercargill have been studying a perplexing case during the past few days. A young" woman who arrived from Dunedin later developed symptoms that created suspicion of small—pox and was imniediately isolated, with her family. A sister had previously’ suffered from the same ailment in Dunedin‘, and other cases of a suspicious nature have also been recalled since attention was concentrated on the Invercargill one. The disease presents some of the features of that prevalent in North Auckland some years ago, and, altliough not definitely decided Whether the case is one of mild small-p'o-ii‘ or chicken-pox‘, all the precautions necessary have ‘noon taken. Although the patient is convalescing_ the quarantine will not be lifted by the Health Department until the disease has been proved of less serious kind or until all «lzln:.:m--of infection is past. , The attention of Dr Huglies, the Distric-.t, Health Oflicer. has been drawn to 3. similar case in Gore. We understand that the only means by the doubt can be s‘olved is by vaccinating someone who has had the disease, but this way out of th edifliculty is closed by the refusal of the sister-l who has recovered to submit to they test. We understand that a Dunedin‘ convalesceiit, Whose symptoms werel identical. has consented, and this may '[)l"CV€ in a negative m:lnller, whether} or not the disease is ,a mild form oft small-pox. i