MR. ILOTT'S ILLNESS
Fortunate to Recover
The disease which attacked Mr. J. M. A. Hott, New Zealand Governor of Rotary, while attending the International Conference of Rotary in Detroit, is pathologically known as botulism, and is the result of a nocuous germ found in food. It brings about a comatose condition and often results in paralysis and death. According to a private letter received from America, Mr. Ilott, toward the end of July, was on the high road to recovery. He had been very ill, and was partially paralysed. He was then to leave the hospital at Detroit in a few days, after which he was to spend a month at the Detroit Country Club, anti after that again was to stay some time with friends at Long Island, New Yoyk. Those who know anything about this ailment consider Mr. Ilott extremely fortunate to recover, as the percentage of recoveries from botulism is small. Another Rotarian who ate ripe olives at the same dinner as Mr. Ilott also contracted the ailment and died in two days. Several years ago a dinner party was given in Detroit, and seven people died from eating affected ripe olives.
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Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 279, 22 August 1934, Page 11
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195MR. ILOTT'S ILLNESS Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 279, 22 August 1934, Page 11
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