Leprosy / by Prince A. Morrow.

  • Morrow, Albert, Prince, 1846-1913.
Date:
1899
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    1730. Leprosy prevalent in Ireland (Von Triol). 1749. Public thanksgiving in Shetland on account of disappearance of leprosy (fevf cases still appear). 1753. Several lepers in St. Kilda. 1759. One hundred and fifty lepers in Norway (three hospitals). 1768. Two hundred and eiglity lepers in four Iceland hospitals (Petersen). 1769. Captain Cook landed in ^ew Zealand. Leprosy present (?). 1775. Last endemic case of leprosy in Ireland at Waterford. 1778. A leper is now a rare sight (White of Selborne). 1787. Leprosy endemic in Auvergne. 1798. A man, John Burns, a Shetland leper, descended from a leprous family, ad- mitted into the Edinburgh Infirmary. Nineteenth century. Leprosy unknown as indigenous disease throughout the British Islands. Since 1882 twenty cases of leprosy have been brought before London Dermatological Societj^ probably none were indigenous. 1809. Supposed case of indigenous leprosy in Edinburgh ; another in the Shetlands (Edmonston). 1810. Leprosy endowment in Cornwall transferred to general infirmary because there were no lepers needing assistance (Brown's Cases in Chancery, 166, n.). 1811. First leprosy hospital at Calcutta. 1815. Leprosy in New Brunswick. 1836. Many lepers still in Norway and Iceland. Some in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Sicily, Crete, New Zealand, etc. Very prevalent in India, China, Japan, and the West Indies. 1848. Leprosy introduced into Hawaiian Islands. 1850. Beginning of leprous endemic in Parcent, Spain. 1863. Leprosy still common in Iceland. 1866. Beginning of leprosy endemic in Louisiana. 1867. Royal College of Physicians Report declaring leprosy non-contagious. 1868. Leprosy introduced into New Caledonia 1874. Leprosy bacillus discovered by Hansen. 1885. Norway contained 1.377 lepers. 1889. Six hundred lepers at the Cape of Good Hope. 1890. Disease practically extinct in New Zealand ; 18,000 lepers in Colombia. 1892. Lepers in Spain, 1,200; Norway, 1,200; 600 to 700 elsewhere in Europe. Lepers in India, 100,000; Japan, 150,000 (?). 1894. Iceland, 140; 1897, 200. 1897. Berlin Leprosy Congress. Methods of Dealing with Leprosy in Ancient and Modern Times. Isolation of Lepers. It is to be understood that a broad signification is given to the term isolation in this connection: it will be used synonymously with segregation or compulsory gathering together of lepers.