INSECTS AND DISEASE.
INTERESTING INVESTIGATIONS.' By Cablef—Press Association—Copyright ■!!■.":• i„ Sydney, January 8. The report of the Bureau of Micro-, biology states that research work during the year has been directed to determining the part insects ■ played in disseminating diseases amongst human beings and stock. A rat has.been-drs?:' covered suffering from leprosy, a similar disease to that of human beings'.' The bureau js unable yet definitely to 1 pronounce'.with regard to the identity; of the disease in the two . cWsesi of,. animals. experiments., with rabbit virus do not suggest its practical application for destroying.rabbits in the field. Investigations proved that per-' sons known as typhoid gerni carriers should, when detected, : be treated to make them^afe.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 183, 9 January 1912, Page 5
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114INSECTS AND DISEASE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 183, 9 January 1912, Page 5
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