Lord Reading’s condition has improved a little this evening, it is reported here from Luxor. Lady Reading states that his condition remains satisfactory.
Those who know Eastern conditions of life are not seriously alarmed by the illness of Lord Reading, a writer in the “Yorkshire Post” says. An Englishman in the East is very susceptible to bronchial trouble, sudden rises of temperature and a general feverish condition due to a “slight touch of the sun”. A temperature high enought to kill you in England passes there unnoticed. For the moment Lord Reading is suffering from no complications, and the chances are that he will recover speedily. None the less a fever has to be watched rather carefully. Complications, once they set in, work far more swiftly in the East than in England, and when Lady Reading summoned a doctor to travel from Cairo to Luxor by air she was merely taking a reasonable precaution. It was most unlikely that Luxor could provide the right medical attention.
Lord Erleight, the writer continues, thinks that the dust of Egypt is the cause of his father’s illness. Dust is a notorious germ-carrier. It is responsible for nearly half the bronchial trouble and dysentery in India. Just now the dust of Egypt will be as bad as the dust of India, with which Lord Reading is only too well acquainted. A car travelling along the high road cannot approach within two hundred yards of the car in front of it, unless the occupants are prepared for the fine brittle dust that will clog eyes, mouth, nostrils and ears and may set up an unpleasant cough.
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