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About a hundred Aborigines of the Western Australian desert, who are believed to have had no direct contact with Europeans, were found in scattered groups over a period of nine years and were examined. Because Aborigines living in this way are now rare, their diseases and other noteworthy features are described, particularly hepatosplenomegaly, serum protein and vitamin B12 anomalies, eosinophilia and yaws.
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