Facing leprosy in the 1920s
Abstract
Despite being a fictional work, in her book The Second Life of Mirielle West Amanda Skenandore has used her medical background as a registered nurse—and her storytelling skills as a writer—to describe the sorrows experienced by patients with leprosy who were quarantined at the Carville Leper Home, a hospital in Louisiana that used to provide quarantine and treatment services for leprosy in the USA throughout the 20th century. Currently the site...
Paper Details
Title
Facing leprosy in the 1920s
Published Date
Oct 1, 2021
Volume
21
Issue
10
Pages
1364 - 1364
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