ROCKY MOUNTAIN FEVER.
1 OTTAWA, May 7. The investigations conducted by the Dominion entomologist establish no jjh "connection between . woodticks and T--, Spinal meningitis It was previously be""vr tteved that woodticks, which are com- - rnon in many parts of Canada, conduced, if they did not cause the disease. LThe entomologist, however, has established that Rocky Mountain fever is due to^ woodticks' bite. The disease is of a spotted variety and is frequently fatal in Montana, Idaho.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXI, Issue LXII, 8 May 1912, Page 7
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76ROCKY MOUNTAIN FEVER. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXI, Issue LXII, 8 May 1912, Page 7
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