SICK SOLDIERS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 457, 28 July 1915, Page 9

SICK SOLDIERS.

THE DUNEDIN CASES. Press Association. DUNEDIN, July 27. Of the two Territorials on leave from Trentham, who reported themselves at the hospital for medical examination, one was presumably suffering from measles, while the other had a sore throat. It has been discovered that the measles patient is supposedly suffering from a mild attack of ;■ cerebro-spinal while the other has the germs of the disease in his throat. Both cases have been isolated. About 15 other men on leave from Trentham have called at the hospital for medical examination within the last two days. Several have been isolated on suspicion, while others have been passed as free from the disease. The suspects are being watched by officers of the Health Department. Medical opinion is that a man attacked by the germs of the disease may not suffer from anything more than a sore throat if he is in ordinary good health, and that at the expiry of about 10 days the germs can be eradicated from the throat under efficient treatment and the patient will regain his normal health. If, however, his vitality weakens, the germs may gain the upper hand, and the man may then develop one of the several forms of the disease. The warning should be emphasised that during all the time the patient is carrying the germs in his throat, he is a menace to those with whom he comes in immediate contact. WELLINGTON, July 27. The total number of cases in all the Military Hospitals to-dav was 51'1.