Leprosy Outcasts and the Call for Honest Care Across America
A letter condemns how the United States shuns the leper, argues no asylum exists nationwide, cites Blackwell's Island in New York with four lepers living near a hospital, and remembers veterans and the homeless left to endure exposure. The piece urges humane treatment and public acknowledgment rather than stigma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hierie
Union
New York
Blackwell's Island
Louisiana
Early
Potomac
Wardell
Baltimore
Blackwell
Leprous Martyrs and a Hawaiian Colony Legislation
A historical account recalls Father Damien’s leper work on Molokai, his death from the disease, and Sister Marcella of St Joseph’s Hospital’s later leper care in New Orleans. It notes a Kentucky mother and daughters affected, treatments, and public beliefs about leprosy, alongside calls for a government lazarette and the Hawaiian leper colony established in 1865 on Molokai with strict isolation. The piece highlights the social stigma, dangers, and ongoing search for humane care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Damien
Pacific
Molokat
Father Damien
Hfa
Marcella
St Joseph's Hospital
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Sisters of Charity
Emmitsburg
A. V. Keenan
Frankfort
Indianapolis
Kentucky
Europe
Molokai
Hawaii
Hom
Pickerel Hero and the Missing Dollar Catch Tale
Nathan Rosenstein of St Paul recalls a Lake Bermidjl misadventure where a $10 gold piece lured a pickerel. A second encounter yielded the same coin and 68 cents, turning Rosenstein’s tale into local legend about a fish with a “pickerel bank” and proof of veracity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Rosenstein
St. Paul
Lake
Bermidjl
Bernstein
Rosenstein
Ronenstein
Colin
Bermidi
Caer
Nermidji
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Talteie As
Datliein
Wenae
Lieut. Early
Philippines
Nawin
Herbert
Giackson
Itiey
Ovine
Thalia of Hearts
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