LEPROSY.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 May 1920, Page 9

LEPROSY.

1 : "' Freznantle, April 14. " ~ Tlie-ißeiv: "W;i J, )Eddy v general 1 secrc 1 - 1 •*ary..for Australia' of the Missibii to Lop-' ers, returned! from India 1 by tie -R.M-S. Orvieto.. .Mr.. Eddy visited-fourteen of the leprous Indian islands, and lie', attended a special conference of doctors Wnd supemnieadents. of mission-stsftidris 'and.ptjje.r, wr,ker,s among lepers.; "Tins 'conference," isafd, Mr., Ijddy,. "may berer, garcUj.d ap, eppeb^mfklsing,. Sir Leonard' Rogers, one p^flje.leading physicians, of India, haa been experimenting -with a new.,;,remqdy. ; fpr leprosy for:* severalyears.., .Thift remedy is, the, product of ' sas.$ a s.$ 0 W 0& treated, with, ,s«]t .of "s3dijpß, M|i) The, | Government, ff'li((}ift thought; set'm-(i'ch.' of the,'formu3a v a*nd, ,was';'flb', 'impressed ivith its, ppasibi|ities, .that, 'they' voted over ',10,000 rupees,,'' in efrder that-it' should be'tes'ted'throughout India, under the auspices of'the in w-' sion. '"The 1 report presented 'to' conf*4 ence 'ehbwed-' that the remedy" had been tested in fourteen different stations, aid further showed that cent'.' : of the .cases treated yielded) satisfactory "re•silts. It is not eafe to say that a cure for leprosy' has been discovered, I 'btit'. thete. is-every probability t'hat this new rem'edy; will "prove a cure when the* disv ease! is ini its early stages. Another interesting point is that Sir Leonard has 1 been; working with a remedy for con.obtained in„a, similar .manner from ..pod:: liver oil. The results ,have been equally, satisfactory. . j: . . , ; . ~ Brisbane, April 14. ■The, statement by the Rev. M.,,Bddy regarding the supposed cure.for.leprosy by the use of "chaulmoogra, oil and. salt ~of. Sodium was brought'under the notice of Dr. Moore, who stated the remedy mentioned, .was (not; altogether ; new., Similar : thia oil .and, salt. was ; being applied to,three, inmates, 0f... the •lazerette at' Pc,el,,lsland|/or,, the,fasti eight and therp had. been marised improvement in the patients treated. ~.,