TREATMENT OF LEPROSY.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12399, 14 November 1908, Page 3

TREATMENT OF LEPROSY.

THE xNASTIN" CURE." [United Pbess Association.] . Auckland, Nov; 12. The "Star's" Honolulu cortesr pondeot reports, "'■ almost coincident . with the New Zealand case, the sue- ' cessful use of tbe jtfastin treatment for the cure of leprosy. A number of patients have been under treat-: ment at Kaliht for about a year, and one patient bas been recommended to the Board of -Health for re-examl-ination'.:- 1 " The physicians state in their report: "Whilst not convihctd bevond the possibility of doubt that the patient is absolutely free from leprosy, we do feel: he has made such marked improvement that the request iforJre-exaniinatiori is warranted." The board has adopted tbe recommendation, and if the presarice: of the bacillus of leprosy is not found in the man's system, he will be discharged. „