THE LEPROSY CURE.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 12583, 2 October 1908, Page 5

THE LEPROSY CURE.

(Per United Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCBT, October 1.

After spending close on 11 months on Quail Island; one of the patients at the leper station, a young Maori, was discharged as cured, "and left for his home and friends in the interior of the North Island last night. Dr Mason, Chief Health Officer, accompanied by Dr Pomare, arrived from Wellington yesterday morning and, accom-, panied by Dr Upham, Port Health Officer, paid a visit of inspection. ., to th«; patients. Dr Mason informed a Press reporter that the young Maori had been cured of his malady by the Nastin treatment, which the doctor explained had been introduced some time back by Professor Deyche Pasha, of Constantinople, where he is in charge of a leprosy institution. The treatment, which consists of an. injection of a culture of the bacillus of leprosy, which acts in much the same way as tuberculin, has been followed with considerable success. Dr Mason, who has been in communication with Professor Deyche, Applied the Nastin treatment to the patients isolated on Quail Island with very satisfactory results. The young Maori has now been discharged as cured, although the disease has left its mark on his hands and feet.

The white man, who has now been on the island for over two years, has benefited very greatly by the treatment, and shows a wonderful improvement in his condition.