LEPROSY.
f)r /Bakewell writes from .CHfvistclmrc'h to the ; Southh»pdTitaes, statiDg I hat leprosy is iiotcorainunicable except 6y'ictu'al : c6nta'ct, and not then A\nlesa the j)ci'son is m a fit state to receive the poisbh" itrcl f reproduce it^n Hi> own. system. !f}y IJakewql! himself has had chaige of a iepcr hospital, and neYev suffered through torching his-^atieritj* or dressing 1 their sofei, • He makeathe astonishing si^atement that there is a gent]enjen, well known m Canterbury an^d througnoiit the colony, who- has for yedi*s'b'eea afflicted with the ditea^e, but "who : g6d& "abdnt , and mixes with othfi* business' men as if thWe f were ' nothing the matter with him. ?■ •' ■■'-
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 73, 25 February 1884, Page 2
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106LEPROSY. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 73, 25 February 1884, Page 2
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