THE WHITE PLAGUE.
NEW CURE FOR CONSUMPTION. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright St. Petersburg, March 8. Remarkable results are claimed for the treatment of tuberculosis by the action of Rontgen rays on the spleen, with attendant leucocytosis. Leueocytosis is an increase ot the white corpuscles (leuoocytes) in the blood. The leucocytes are the chief agents of defence against toxins of all kinds and in cases of disease their numbers are apt to diminish.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 214, 10 March 1914, Page 5
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72THE WHITE PLAGUE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 214, 10 March 1914, Page 5
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