CAUSES OF LEPROSY.
ATTRIBUTED TO INSECTS,
4.S the result of prolonged research, and experiments, independently _coaducted the conclusion is said to have been come to by Dr. Sands, research medical o&'*" f -h© Robben Island Laug the prin. cipal medical of Basutoland, leprosy is introchacsd. into the human system through the bites of certain insects. It does not sppesr to be proved that this means is t&3 sole cause of infection, but both doctors believe that a particular insect or bug is commonly responsible for the spread of leprosy* as is the anopheles mosquito in the case of malaria and the tsetse fly in ths case of sleeping sickness. If this theory regarding the prevalence of the disease is definitely substantiated, it will go a long way t» explain the hitherto puzzling fact ahat the doctors and nurses in leper stations are commonly unaffected, owing to ths cleanliness of their quarters. The experiments conducted by uae doctors show that the leprosy-fed insect retains the infection for 16 days* Both docte’'“ reoutations are Ot the highest, to prove their theory absolutely Lassus of experimesra? on anthropDed Both are. profoundly ceffiiusal that the erigia c£ the scourge has bsoifinally traces.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3315, 6 September 1911, Page 8
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198CAUSES OF LEPROSY. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3315, 6 September 1911, Page 8
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