-
place for the
isolation and care of
lepers was
known as a leprosaria,
leprosarium, or leprosorium,
names which are
sometimes used in
English as well. The...
- have been
reported in
Louisiana as
early as the 18th century. The
first leprosarium in the
continental United States existed in Carville,
Louisiana from...
-
February 3rd,
Senate Bill
number 4086, an act to
establish a
National Leprosarium in Carville, Louisiana, [was] p****ed by the US Senate." The
result was...
-
served as a
treatment facility for leprosy, and was
called the
National Leprosarium,
Gillis W. Long Hansen's
Disease Center and
Public Health Service Hospital...
- The
Channel Island Leprosarium was a
quarantine station that
operated as a
colony for
people suffering from
leprosy in the
Northern Territory of Australia...
- with
leprosy to
receive a U.S. visa, and her
admission to the
Carville Leprosarium was
accompanied by
significant media attention.
Josefina Guerrero was...
- save her. He goes to Dr. Rune Orqvist, a
Swedish surgeon who
operates a
leprosarium, for help. Dr.
Orqvist tries to
repair Digby's hands, and
enlists Elsie...
- ****an in 2001, the
Ministry of
Welfare suggested changing the name of a
leprosarium to a sanatorium.[citation needed]
Fictional stories that are set in sanatoriums...
-
surrounding islands, as part of the
Calamian group of islands. It was a
former leprosarium,
starting in 1906
under the
American colonial regime until the American...
-
diseases arrived in Darwin. In 1931, the 17
remaining patients from the
leprosarium at Cossack,
Western Australia were
moved to Darwin,
after it
closed down...
