THE HEALED LEPER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13870, 2 October 1908, Page 4

THE HEALED LEPER.

-'";'• "' .' ♦' t .." ■; •' •/:•:*_ NASTIN TREATMENT EFFECTIVE.^ [BY TEIiECRATH. OWN" COKKESrONDIiNT.] : CimiSTCHUKCH, Thursday. /. ' ..■■ ~ ..-.■-. Vi/J! Dr. Mason has informed a Press repre-ij sentative that .the 'Maori who had beenVdischarged as cured of leprosy from Quail .; Island, after a. stay there-of-11 months' ' duration, was healed of his malady by the ; '-: Nasliri treatment, which the doctor explained had been introduced some time . back by Professor Deycke Paska, of Oon- * ' stantinople, where he is in charge of « leprosy, institute. The- treatment, which • '■: . consists of an injection of a culture of the * bacillus of leprosy, which acts in much the } same way as,tuberculin, lias been.followed'; with considerable; success. Dr. Mason, who ; had been in communication with Professor ,; Deycke, applied the ' Nastiri;,treatment .tit | •; the patients isolated on Quail Island with. :i very satisfactory. results. The Maori has now been discharged as cured, although A- ! ; the disease has left its mark on. his bands ■; and feet. The white mail, who has now r '< ( been on the island for over two years", has benefited very greatly by the , treatment £ ' and shows a wonderful improvement in his . ' condition. Before', the Maori left the is- . : land, with grim humour, he printed oa the outside of the 'little cottage which he £ has occupied for. 11 months the words -.',.; To.Let."- • ;_' ';,-■/■'. '}' -. /-..; %/(0 t "'ANOTHER.. MAORI UNDER ? £#;: :; TREATMENT. [S¥ TEIEGTOAPH.— ASSOCUTION.] 'V, i ' ' OaMSxear/RCH, Thursday.. '. With regard to the Maori patient who was brought down from the North Island' about'three'-weeks ago, Dr. Mason stated /; ; that the treatment had 'been applied to ; him, but there had; not been sufficient time r yet to show any '.' marked change in his ? condition. .