RETURNED SOLDIERS

Feilding Star, Volume 7, Issue 2305, 7 September 1929, Page 8

RETURNED SOLDIERS

Aftek. effects of war

SERIOUS MED I CAE REPORT

(Aust and N.Z. Cable) (Received, Sept. 7, 11.31) jv.iu.) Sydney', Sept. 7

Af, the . Aledicnl Conference, which has concluded, a. review of (lie results of war nop'britis in file natal military and air sec (ion by Dr Mae Donald of 'Brisbane disclosed a, grave 1 osi f inf:, in regard to invalid soldiers. Dr MacDonald described his in ve.stigafion info tbe cases of IQ-J----form-eft* soldiers who- were affected with kidney disease. Of these, 29 died. With the exception of gas and shell shock during » few years after (licit return kidney .disease- was commonly quoted as the cause of illness. justifying pensions. Probably all Australian .soldiers in France suffered from respiratory affections. It was probable that the pensioners examined represented a, very high proportion of those who actually suffered from nephritis. Sir Richard Stnwall . described the position as seven times more serious in Australia than in England. PARALYSIS OE INSANE Dr Henry, speaking before the neurology and psychiatry .section, explained the 'treatment* of general paralysis of tile insane wifli a malaria organism of malaria introduced into (lie blood of a paralysed person and the patient was allowed t° basvo 12 acute attacks of fever, when, treatment was suspended by the administration of quinine. r lhe. patient suffered no ill effects. About 200 cases were dealt with in New South Wales. MENTAL- HEALTH Dr Noble, speaking on mental hygiene, said a movement had commenced recently in N.SA\ . and; New Zealand, and it is hoped to extend if . An organisation, would ne found wit’N the object of protecting the mental health of (he general public, studying mental disorders and the amelioration of mental disorders oi deficiencies.