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The paresis and paralysis of the muscles were improved by steady and assi- duous massage.
No bed sores occurred, or such atrophy of the muscles as to lead to con-
tracture.
The food remained the same throughont―rice, vegetables, salt-fish, salt-pork, condiments, etc.-the usual Chinese meals.
What undoubtedly proved the most effective means of treatment was the re- moval of the patient to the Tung Wah Hospital, and this measure was also effective in arresting the further spread of the disease, for, together with the patients all the other inmates were removed, and they mingled.freely with each other, sharing the saute rooms, meals, etc. No isolation was attempted, yet the outbreak
was arrested.