Filaria Beaten
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Remarkable Effect of Special Drug
IT is officially reported from Tahiti that, if the civil popu lation will give co-operation, the total elimination of the disease Filaria—long-established and very troublesome throughout Polynesia— is now possible, with the use of a drug called Notezine. The announce meht was made recently in Papeete by the Papeete Institute of Medical Research.
This probably is the most notable advance in the war against disease in the Pacific Islands since the successful attack on hookworm 20 years ago. It also is a noteworthy achievement by the French medical officers operating in collaboration with the Health Section of the South Pacific Commission. An im portant Anti-Filaria Conference was held in Tahiti under the auspices of the Commission about four years ago, and the medical men then planned the campaign which has had this result.