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simply the building up of the tissues and con- 

 sequently of the constitution of the patient by 

 giving iron, nitrogen, phosphoric acid and 

 carbohydrates, by the means of iron, cod- 

 liver oil, quinine, strychnine and gurgum oil, 

 together with the best food obtainable. 



This system of treatment is further con- 

 firmed by Drs. G. A. Hansen and Car Loft in 

 their work on Leprosy, in which they mention 

 a Dr. Danielssen, " who spent half a century 

 in trying to cure leprosy." 



This doctor says " If the patients were 

 badly nourished, he first administered quin- 

 ine, iron, cod-liver oil and nutritious food ; 

 and when the patient's condition was satis- 

 factory, he gave ten grammes salicylate of 

 soda four times a day, etc." 



Quite recently Mr. Jonathan Hutchinson 

 read a paper on the " Present State of the 

 Leprosy Question in India and Ceylon " at a 

 meeting held in connexion with the Prince of 

 Wales' Leprosy Fund (1890), where he stated 

 that 



" He held the firm conviction that leprosy 

 was, in the main, a food disease ; . . . and that 



