CURE FOR LEPROSY
BY CARBONIC ACID SNOW. (Received 9.40 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. A definite cure for leprosy is reported from Honolulu,-where the disease is being overcome. The cure consists of the application of carbon dioxide snow to the leprous lesions. The extreme cold apparently freezes the bacillus.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 139, 13 June 1911, Page 5
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