HEEL FRACTURES
PREVALENCE IN U.S.A. , DUE" TO' BOOTLEG WHISKY ? (Per Prees Association— By -'Electric :;)i ' . .Telegraph-Copyright). i • HONOLULU, August 22. •At '- the 'Surgery Conference, a discussion developed on the fact that the heel ffacthre-'-was bvidely- prevalent in-the" United States, though infrequent'in'Australia. The 1 surgeons • could -advance no sfcie'ntlfio-reason, though some suggestedl ' toight be' due to the absence of bootlegs whisky in Australia, since this condition' "resulted most ’ often 1 1 from falls; •' -• ' Dr l Janies -Jenkins,, one of the New Zealand delegates, presented n technical ' paper on kidney and bladder surgery.,v ' 1 ;
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 August 1929, Page 5
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