Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-10-20 | Page 35 | French Fight Sleeping Sickness in Kamerun

Fre French hL hLF F Fight g t Sl Sleeping ep ng i V Si Sickness ss in K Kamerun V V V Y I Im Kamerun m Oct 1 19 AP AP Sleeping Sleeping sickness V so SOV prevalent preva preva- le lent cri t when this Was was s a a. German colon colony col cot ony on onis is in a n. fair way of ot being stamped out by lY Iho thOV French h mandate mandate man man- I date administration Credit for this jt is duo to the Iho de devoted le- le I voted efforts of ot a pelman permanent nt medical medi I cat cal headed d d' d If 15 by Dr DJ Emlie Emile I Jannot which Ims b been en working since 1920 V The principal center of oC Infection Is on the rv l' l N It Is so virulent virulent Yhu viru viru- lent that ma were found round in tho the blood or of t out of or the 1 inhabitants subjected to tests From this this- and other centers the dIsc disease se hid hal spread over square miles mlles Inhabited by natives Tho The visited every vii vii- fa lago hago o In Iii this area l and examined every inhabitant V V