QUAIL ISLAND.
S? CHRISTCHURCH, July 5
The six lepers at Quail Island a~e undergoing a new form of treatment and a good deal of interest is being taken jn the results. The treatment consists of. injections of a collodial form of antimony tartarate, whxsh in other cases has been found, to lessen tlie effect on the skin rapidly and to promote the. general we'l-being of the patient. The. patients on Quail_ Island are men. :Orie of them has the disease in a fairly acute form, but all stages of the disease are represented, and there are some cases of long standing. The new treatment does not ensure a certain cure, but is certain to prevent patients' from -losing, ground.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 6 July 1921, Page 5
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119QUAIL ISLAND. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 6 July 1921, Page 5
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