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  1. Leprosy in India, ca. 1931 – Circulating Now from the NLM Historical Collections 
    https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/.../06/leprosy-in-india-ca-1931
    ... medical history from the same institution. Still frame, Leprosy in India , ca. 1931 NLM Unique ID 100965364 Leprosy in India [ Lepra in India in the original ...
  2. Leprosy 
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001347.htm
    Leprosy is a disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae . This disease causes skin sores, nerve damage, ... Although leprosy is due to an infection, it does not spread easily. It also takes a long time before ...
  3. Lepromin skin test 
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003383.htm
    Leprosy skin test; Hansen disease - skin test ... A sample of inactive (cannot cause infection) leprosy-causing bacteria is injected just under the skin, often on the forearm, so that a small lump pushes the skin up. The lump ...
  4. Mycobacterial Infections 
    https://medlineplus.gov/mycobacterialinfections.html
    ... most common one causes tuberculosis. Another one causes leprosy. Still others cause infections that are called atypical ...
  5. Tribes - Native Voices 
    https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/timeline/675.html
    ... Sovereignty / 1946: Antibiotics treat leprosy 1946: Antibiotics treat leprosy The first antibiotics to treat leprosy become available. Called sulfones, in pill form they ...
  6. Tribes - Native Voices 
    https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/timeline/705.html
    ... dies of leprosy 1889: Father Damien dies of leprosy Father Damien, who dedicated his life to caring for patients with leprosy on the Hawaiian island Moloka‘i, dies of ...
  7. Tribes - Native Voices 
    https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/timeline/735.html
    ... 1823: Leprosy is suspected in Hawai‘i 1823: Leprosy is suspected in Hawai‘i Native Hawaiians report ... ai ali‘i , meaning “chief’s or royal disease.” Leprosy, a chronic bacterial infection, has been a disease ...
  8. World Health Organization: Picturing Health for All 
    https://www.nlm.nih.gov/.../OB13007-sm.html?imgid=1
    ... next image Women receiving care under the National Leprosy Control Program (1952-present) in Burma (now Myanmar), ... More Information on this Topic MedlinePlus Health Topic: Leprosy Home Filter A Healthier World Inspiring Well-Being ...
  9. Pictures of Nursing: Nursing and Respectability 
    https://www.nlm.nih.gov/.../picturesofnursing/exhibition4s0.html
    ... nurse with a patient with Hansen’s disease (leprosy), Dahomey (today Benin), ca. 1910 Produced by Missionary ... and hygiene. Hansen’s disease (also known as leprosy), a bacterial infection now treated with drugs, was ...
  10. NLM Digital Collections - Anyone can get leprosy, but leprosy can be cured 
    Publication: Vellore [India] : Audio Visual Unit, C.M.C. Hospital, [19--]
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101447965
    Anyone can get leprosy, but leprosy can be cured ... Leprosy -- epidemiology ... Leprosy -- diagnosis ... Anyone can get leprosy, but leprosy can be cured Leprosy -- epidemiology Leprosy -- diagnosis Predominantly light blue poster with black lettering. Text dispersed throughout ...
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