MYSTERY DISEASE
OUTBREAK AT DURBIN FORM OF EAR ALYSIS OUR MAN. Ist March. Durban has been si a.Hr,I l.v Hie outbreak of a mysterious disease, a tom of paralysis which lias a fieri cm I more that 30 people. It is generally described as a weakness in the limbs, but all tests foi reco'-Miised maladies smli as meningitis cerebal malaria or infantile paralysis liaw A mass "meeting nf doctors- mure lliar 80 attended -lias been held. but. up u the present all efforts to diagnose the disease have failed. One strange development was the new | fiom Europe that, an epidemic of a simila. form of paralysis had broken out on boar, Ibe French motor vessel dean LA)., al jibe members of the crew being strivke. down with whm in the Fnglisli Channel | Durban was the last port at which tin:
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19380402.2.31
Bibliographic details
Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 2 April 1938, Page 5
Word Count
140MYSTERY DISEASE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 2 April 1938, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Nelson Evening Mail. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in