"PELLAGRA."
A Westport telegram states that a woman has died in that township from "pellagra," a new disease reported at the recent Medical Congress in London. According to the Post, the disease is not new, for its existence has been known to medical men for many years. It has wrought terrible havoc in Southern Europe, and also in Japan. It was noticed that Japanese soldiers, who had been afflicted in large numbers by the disease, greatly improved when their rice diet was changed and meat was introduced,- supplying the protein element. From this it is inferred that flesh food is necessary for the human system. Dr' C. S. Cramsby, Medical Secretary of the United Sta-tes-Commission on the incidence of pellagra in America, draws the following conclusions:— (1) Pellagra is a disease due to infection with some living micro-organ-ism. (2) The possible habitat of this parasite in man is the intestinal canal. (3) Deficient animal protein iff diet may constitute a predisposing factor in the contraction of the disease. (4) The number of cases of known pellagra render this disease a possible menace to the public health of the State.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 25 August 1913, Page 4
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189"PELLAGRA." Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 25 August 1913, Page 4
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