TETANUS PATIENT
Pitcairn Islander
REQUEST FOR DOCTOR Liner lonic Makes a Call Dominion Special Service. Auckland, August 26. When the Shaw, Savlll, and Albion Company’s liner lonic was passing Pitcairn Island, a call for medical assistance was received, and the vessel stopped for three hours while three doctors, went ashore. One of the Islanders had contracted tetanus (lockjaw), and had been IB for several days. Dr. Etsdell Moore, of Auckland, Dr. P. F. Woodruffi-Minett, the ship’s surgeon, and Dr. Alfreda Slater, a passenger, who is going to Dunedin, all attended the sick man.
Dr. Moore stated this, morning that the Islander had contracted tetanus by scratching his foot. He had been ill for ten'days. He was given some anti-tetanic serum, and the people were given a lecture on the treatment of the complaint.
“It will be particularly bad for the island if there is an outbreak of tetanus,” said Mr. Moore, “as it will be impossible for the natives to obtain treatment” He gave instructions to them that it would be better if the man died to bury him at sea and not on land. This would prevent as far as possible, the outbreak of an epidemic. „
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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 284, 27 August 1930, Page 13
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197TETANUS PATIENT Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 284, 27 August 1930, Page 13
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