The Tahitian
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Herself
Himself
Medicine Man
Chief Morro
Dr. De Motte
Dr. Stuart
Ben
Robinson
Tetoa
Singer
The Tahitian
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A group of scientists are trying to stop a filaria epidemic spreading through a Tahitian population. They meet resistance in using western medicine to combat the disease from the medicine man and chief until the chief's son is infested with the parasitic worm which causes the disease.
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1959-10-01
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