Deadly Tetanus
ISLANDER WITH LOCK-JAW. REQUEST FOR DOCTOR. (Per Press Association) AUCKLAND, Last Night. , When, the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company’s liner lonic was passing Pitcairn Island, a call for medical assistance was received, and the vessel stopped for three hours while three doctors ■went ashore. One of the Islanders had contracted tetanus (lock-jaw), * and had been ill for several days. Dr. Eisdell Moore, of Auckland, Dr. P. F. Woodruff-Minett, the ship’s surgeon and Dr. Alfreda Slater, a passenger, who is going to Dunedin, all attended the sick man. Dr. Moore stated this morning that the Islander had contracted tetanus by scratching his foot. He had beejn ill for ten days. • He was given some anti-tetanic scrum, and the people were given a lecture on the treatment of the complaint. “It will be particularly bad for the island if there is an outbreak Of tetanus,” said Mr |Moore, “as it will be impossible for the natives to obtain treatment.” He gave instructions to them that it would be better if the man died to bury him at sea and not on land. This would prevent, as far as possible the outbreak of an epidemic. _ K \
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WPRESS19300827.2.54
Bibliographic details
Waipukurau Press, Volume XXIV, Issue 100, 27 August 1930, Page 8
Word Count
195Deadly Tetanus Waipukurau Press, Volume XXIV, Issue 100, 27 August 1930, Page 8
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Waipukurau Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in