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CASE IN TORONTO TORONTO, June 1. Rhinoscleroma, a disease belonging to the leprosy group which attacks the larnyx, the pharynx and. the respiratory tracts, has invaded Canada and the first case is now being treated in Toronto, it was revealed yesterday at the convention of the American I.aiyn gological Association. The disease which was described as “progressively fatal over a period ot years,” was discussed at the convention by Dr W. Chamberlain, Cleveland throat specialist, i ■ The Toronto patient, a young man of Polish-Ukraiman origin, is being treated in the Toronto General Hospital under the direction of Dr Perry Goldsmith. X-ray therapy was being used, the convention was told, and it was believed that, it will check the disease. In the United States only 40 cases of rhinoscleroma have been noted m medical history.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18759, 16 July 1935, Page 9
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