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Carville : remembering leprosy in America by Marcia G. Gaudet; James Carville is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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Mysterious and misunderstood, distorted by biblical imagery of disfigurement and uncleanness, Hansen's disease or leprosy has all but disappeared from America's consciousness. In Carville, Louisiana, the closed doors of the nation's last center for the treatment of leprosy open to reveal stories of sadness, separation, and even strength in the face of what was once a life-wrenching diagnosis. Drawn from interviews with living patients and extensive research in the leprosarium's archives, Carville: Remembering Leprosy in America tells the stories of former patients at the National Hansen's Disease Center. For over a century, from 1894 until 1999, Carville was the site of the only in-patient hospital in the continental United States for the treatment of Hansen's disease, the preferred designation for leprosy. Patients-exiled there by law for treatment and for separation from the rest of society-reveal how they were able to cope with the devastating blow the diagnosis of leprosy dealt them. Leprosy was so frightening and so poorly understood that entire families would suffer and be shunned if one family member contracted the disease. When patients entered Carville, they typically le

Who reads Carville : remembering leprosy in America?

Author

Marcia G. Gaudet; James Carville

Publisher

University Press of Mississippi

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9781578066933

Category

history

Subjects

Medical, Social Science, Fiction

Rating

3.73 / 5 (31 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14