MYSTERIOUS DISEASE.
CHICAGO ATTACKED. 200 DEATHS In’ NINE DAYS. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. NEW YORK, March 13. A highly contagious disease, as yet unidentified, has caused 201 deaths in nin© days at Chicago. The health commissioner (Mr Bundesen) and a corps of chemists and physicians are working intensively to determine the exact nature of the disease, which, iinless taken in time, develops into influenza or pneumonia, carrying a high mortality rate. Twenty-seven persons have died of influenza or pneumonia during the past 24 hours. Most of the deaths are traceable to a mysterious infection. Whole families have been, stricken, and the disease is also prevalent in other centres of population. It is characterised by aching pains, a burning sensation of the eyes, prostration, a high temperature and nose bleeding. Mr Bundesen has issued a general warning urging sufferers to go to bed, summon medical aid and virtually isolate themselves.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 14 March 1925, Page 5
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148MYSTERIOUS DISEASE. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 14 March 1925, Page 5
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