TICKS AND DISEASE.
C'ANADIAN INVEST'IGATION. (PkE!S3 A9S'-te iivlTOtl.- —tcH'ttttOßT.) (P»ec Mav 8, 12.40 p.m.) OTTAWA, May 7. Investigations conducted by the Dominion entomologist established that there was no connection between ticks and spinal meningitis. It was previously believed that woodticks. which, are c4mitifji) hi many parts of Canada, conduced to, If ti)fey.tlid tiet eaiise. the disease. The entomologisi., jiowevei'. JiSs established that Rocky Mountain fever is {0 . woodticks'' bite. This disease is of a spotted variety, and is frequently fatal in Montana and Idaho.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 8 May 1912, Page 5
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84TICKS AND DISEASE. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 8 May 1912, Page 5
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