The Bhau Daji treatment of leprosy / by Stanley Boyd.
- Boyd, James Stanley Newton, 1856-1916.
- Date:
- [1893]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The Bhau Daji treatment of leprosy / by Stanley Boyd. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![subsided, redness lessened, tubercles softened, and ulcers healed. Eed or greyish spots, he said, assumed a dark hue and became black, then the skin turned to the colours natural to the patient. I will next state the cases, which seem to me to show that the remedy deserves a careful trial. I quote the first and most important from the Times of India, in which journal the boy's father published more than one statement of his case. The lad was a pure European, and his photograph was taken from time to time by Messrs. Lindley Warren and a Mr. Sergeant. Case I.—My son, T. B. H., aged 13, was about three years ago afflicted with leprosy. His arms and hands to the tips of his fingers were much swollen and helpless. His legs, knees downwards, the ankle joints on to the toes the same. The boy was obliged to be carried up and down stairs. He could barely sustain the weight of his body on his feet, and coidd not wear shoes. His face, nose (nostrils nearly closed), and ears (about four times usual size) were very much swollen and greatly disfigured. He was a most pitiable sight to look at—when one day he was seen by Dr. Blaney (Apothecary of the European General Hospital, Bombay), who at once recognized the disease, and gave me a letter of introduction to Dr. Bhau Daji, who, up to this time, was in all but name a stranger to me. He took the boy in hand, and, by adhering to his instructions, I am happy to say there is a cure for the leprosy. From the poor, frightful, helpless child, unable to stand, he is now as healthy and fine a boy, and I'll back him to walk, run, or jump with any boy of his age in Bombay. He can take a standing jump of 6^ feet. C. H. P.S.—Dr. Sylvester's certificate appended for publication.* Bombay, August 16th, 1872. [Copy.] Certifies that, at Dr. Bhau Daji's request, I have examined T. B. H., aged 13. I believe I have seen this boy on a previous occasion among Dr. Bhau's leper patients while watching their treatment. At all events, I have seen photographs of young H., taken from time to time. He was afflicted with tubercular leprosy, which affected his face, chest, thighs, and legs—in fact, it was almost general He is stated to have been under treatment two and a half years, and is now completely cured, so far as can be discovered. The skin is soft and natural, and the boy's health is apparently sound. I believe the patient has been cured. John Henry Sylvester, Professor of Medicine Bombay, August, 1872. and Principal, Grant College. Quite lately I succeeded in finding the father of T. B. H. He told me that his son, now aged 33, is in perfect health, working in London * I wrote some years ago to Dr. Sylvester, but have, unfortunately, lost his reply. So far as I can recollect, it did little more than express indignation at the publication of the above certificate.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22320386_0006.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
