MILITARY CAMPS
TAKAPAU AND OKINGI COMPARE-*
Officers and men attending camps U) wet- weather hare vivid recollections o) sore throat- and feverifch chills inseparably _c_:ie_tfed with damp feet and sudden changes cf temperature. -At the "Orimji camp in 1913 the medical staff were Sept. busy up till all hour-, and there were over 1000 miuor cases ot sickness reported at the ambulance. At. Takapau in 19U. despite the eioepuonally severe weather, ontv a few • "reported _ick." and the general health of the men was remarkably good. Now lor a solution of this seeming paradox! At the Oringi canteen thcrwas co "Fluenzol," but plenty of other prepar.itJr.ns. *it Takanau tho position w.is reversal. The <:-*it_eii contractors pinned their faith «olelv to "Fluensol. ol which over two gro-s in the aggregate was .purchased b\ J the irocpv la many instance- one bottle would U° tbc r ollD<la of a tent and be the means of -checking more than one incipient sore throat or feverish attack. Comment is needle**:
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14982, 1 June 1914, Page 3
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