DOCTOR’S MANY DUELS

Greymouth Evening Star, 22 December 1936, Page 7

DOCTOR’S MANY DUELS

DAUGHTER BRINGS PEACE [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.) (Recd. Dec. 22. 2 p.m.). BUDAPEST, December 21. The wife of Doctor Sarga has given birth to a daughter. Dr. Sarga offers, in the spirit ol Christmas and in celebration of his first-born, to forgive her traducers and withdraw his remaining duelling challenges, if apologies are offered. Madame Sarga says she is glad that the baby is not a boy, as he might have been a duellist. Fletcher Telford, to-day, when he gave advice on precautions and symptoms. Parents, he said, would be well advised to save the clipping from the newspaper for reference. Patients and' human carriers of the virus were the sources of infection, he said, and the mode of spread was by direct contact with infected persons, including carriers of the virus, or indirectly by contact with articles freshly soiled with nose, throat, or bcwel discharges of such persons. The time elapsing between infection and development of the first symptoms was usually from four to 14 days. The usual symptoms referred to by Dr. Telford were a mild gastro-intes-tinal disturbance, headache, moderate fever, and vomiting, associated with stiffness of the neck and spine, and a coarse tremor. The throat might be sore, and there might be a temporary flushing of the face and abnoraml sweating. This stage usually lasted lor three or four days, and might be followed by paralysis or muscle weakness. If a child presented any combination of those symptoms a medical practitioner should be called immediately to give his opinion of the case. The precautions which the public is advised to take are:—

Keep children at home in the open air as much as possible. Ifa motorcar is available take them occasionally for a run in the country, but do not go to any place where they may come in contact with others. Do not encourage visitors to the house, particularly from the infected areas. •

If any one of the children becomes | sick, isolate that child immediately and seek medical advice. Disinfect the hand immediately after any act of soiling by the patient. Let each child use a separate towel and handkerchief. SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS CHRISTCHURCH, December 22. Acting on the advice of the Health Department, the New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association has cancelled the New Zealand junior p.nd intermediate championship meeting, which was to have been held in Nelson next month. If conditions improve. the meeting will be hold at Easter. GREY CAMPS CANCELLED, In view of instructions issued by the Health Department, with reference to infantile paralysis, the sub-committee appointed at the December meeting by the Grey Hospital'Board, has decided to cancel all arrangements for health camps for children from the Grey dis trict. No cases of infantile paralysis have been reported on the West Coast. Dr. H. C. Barrett (Medical Superintendent of the Grey Hospital) stated this afternoon, that a child had been admitted to the hospital for observation, but had not developed any of the symptoms of infantile paralysis. It was the intention of the Wanganui Carnival Committee to promote a competition among the fair sex to decide who among them in Wanganui had the most beautiful legs. Publication of this fact has led to considerable protest from women’s organisations, and at Monday night’s meeting of the executive it was unanimously agreed that the project should be abandoned.