Dr. G. Selkirk, of Sydney, who lias been investigating with other doctors the relation of ticks to infantile paralysis, described recently how he had subjected himself to bites from ticks for experimental purposes. “I had. .17 on me,” he said, “but after three days the irritation was so severe that I left only four. In five days progressive paralysis began. My jaw became locked, and I could not stand. When interviewed, Dr. Selkirk's right hand and wrist were in bandages.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16662, 16 February 1925, Page 5
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