Carville : Remembering Leprosy in America
Mysterious and misunderstood, distorted by biblical imagery of disfigurement and uncleanness, Hansen's disease or leprosy has all but disappeared from America's consciousness. In Carville, Louisiana, the closed doors of the nation's last center for the treatment of leprosy open to rev...
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| Language: | English |
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
2004
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
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