Leprosy and segregation / by H.P. Wright.

  • Wright, Henry Press.
Date:
1885
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Credit: Leprosy and segregation / by H.P. Wright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1866 1867 1S6S 1S69 1870 1S71 1S72 1873 2704 1874 2685 1875 2676 1876 2619 1877 • 2533 1878 . 2429 1879 • 2336 IS80 • 2255 2192 2093 2008 1923 1855 1717 1582 It here appears that in twenty-four years segrega- tion and kind care decreased the number of lepers in Norway by nearly 1300, proving that unless some- thing quite unexpected occur, leprosy will ere long be banished from a land in which it has for ages pre- vailed—a blessed result from the noble efforts of a noble people. But, admitting that Norway will in some fifty years thus escape a terrible malady, that malady will still go on with all its virulence in those countries where no efforts are made to allay its progress. The strong and hearty, I fear, bear the sufferings of the leper-stricken with a marvellous fortitude—in good truth thousands know nothing of such sufferings. They believe that leprosy is a disease of the past, whereas it tortures poor man as severely as ever. Were the insatiable violence of the disease and the tight hold it has on humanity generally known, loud cries would go forth for its amelioration and eradica- tion. When the finance of Egypt is out of order and the purses of Europe suffer, a Conference is summoned. When the rights of free commerce on the Congo are in danger and great monetary interests threatened, a Conference is invited. Well, so let it be, and God