LEPROSY AND FISH
NO DANGER UNDER ORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES. By Telegraph-Press Association—Copyright. (Received August 4, 8.50 p.m.) SYDNEY, August 4. Giving evidence before the Food Supply Commission, the naturalist to tho Fisheries Department, Mr Stead, dealing with tho connection between leprosy and fish eating, said that tho relationship between fish diseases and the diseases of man was little understood. 'With proper cooking there was nothing to fear, even when the fish had internal parasites; Ho Emphatically disclaimed that there was any connection between leprosy and fish, if eaten fresh or after it. had been treated by any method when reasonably fresh.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7871, 5 August 1911, Page 5
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100LEPROSY AND FISH New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7871, 5 August 1911, Page 5
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