Care of 10 000 Lepers in the Philippines Began Under American Doctor
Efforts to treat leprosy in the Philippines, described as a state of terror, began under an American doctor. Sufferers were driven from homes and forced to exile in Culion, though progress and hope for curing the pestilence have finally started, amid ongoing ignorance and limited knowledge.
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Philippines
Culson
Dr. Heiser
Rockefeller Foundation
India
Leonard Rogers
Isles of Fear by Katherine Mayo overview
Katherine Mayo documents the leprosy crisis in the Philippines under American rule, focusing on Dr. Victor G. Heiser and Culion leper colony. Heiser builds sanitation, a self governing town, and conducts patient collection while disease fears persist among locals. The narrative contrasts colonial efforts with deep social misunderstanding and the quest for a cure.
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Victor G. Heiser
World of Dread Disease
America
Cullon
Philippines
Helser
Culion
Busuanga
Leprosy Treatment Echoed In Medical Progress Report
A report notes progress in leprosy therapy with ether esters isolated and used, predicting cure in over 20 percent of cases and clinical arrest in over 60 percent if treated early. The findings come from Journal of Base Development and are to continue tomorrow. The same issue notes the Allied Printing Trades Council endorsing a five year school building program by the board of education.
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Heiger
Cullon
Jnlands
Christ
Harcourt, Brace & Co
Board of Education
Allied Printing Trades Council
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France
Hecht Co
the Hecht Co
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Katherine Mayo
Islands
Heiser
Dr. Weiser
Hillgrove
Doc
Sawyer
Archipelago
Leonard
Dra Hollman
Dean
Honolulu
White, Inc
S. E. Corner
H Sts
N.W
Main
Franklin
Paris
lEruebacher
The
Belgium
Antwerp
lExile
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