FOOT DISEASE COMMON
YOUNG GIRLS AFFECTED PREVALENCE IN DOMINION [nY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] CHRISTCnURCH, Wednesday A foot disease about which little is known, verruca, is taking New Zealand in its stride. Young girls principally are affected. Boys and youths seldom develop tho disease, and older people but rarely. Verruca manifests itself in little hard growths on tho soles of the feet. In their initial stages these are almost invariably mistaken for corns, but as they grow inward their pressure on the nerves of the skin causes severe pain.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22538, 1 October 1936, Page 12
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88FOOT DISEASE COMMON New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22538, 1 October 1936, Page 12
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