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Show HOOKWORM. Can hookworm, the "laziness disease." dis-ease." be cured by carbon tetrachlo ride" It seems so, according to evidence evi-dence from Ceylon and the Fiji Islands, Is-lands, where thousands of hookworm cases have been treated with success in nearly all cases. Research work along this line was started by the discoveries of an American Amer-ican Dr. Maurice C Hall of the department de-partment of agriculture Part of the honor goes to a con- damned criminal in tho Bogambra prison at Kundy. Ceylon, who was the first volunteer ns a sublect for exoerl i . ments. A post mortem after his exe-I exe-I cution showed that tho hookworm euro in bis case was complete. Carbon tetrachloride is very cheap If It proves to be a real cure. Hall's discovery will be of infinite value. Millions Mil-lions of people have hookworm Oth ers act like iL |