HONEY POISONING.
A MYSTERIOUS MALADY. INVESTIGATION AT WHAKATANE. WHAIyATANE, July IG. Messrs J. Rentono and E. A. Ear]), of Auckland, who are in Whakatano investigating the cause of honey poisoning in this district, had a long conference with Dr. Wadmore and Mr P. Keegan last night, when poisoning, both from bush and apiary honey, was fully reviewed. ' Many cases of poisoning have accurrcd since the district was first settled, but no deaths have occurred, except amongst natives, when medical help was not available. The area affected is very limited, most cases being within a radius of 20 miles. Various causes have been brought forward bv local observers, but all have been exploded by scientific investigation, tne cause of honey poisoning remains a profound mystery. Nearly every case occurred through the eating of bush honey. The Government department is now considering the advisability of making a thorough investigation by a trained botanist. . When a person has eaten honey that has been poisoned, there are no evil effects till about live hours after, when the patient falls down in violent convulsions, which last several hours, the effects usually working off after a few days.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 193, 20 July 1925, Page 10
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192HONEY POISONING. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 193, 20 July 1925, Page 10
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