A sign in Sikkim, India, promoting early treatment for leprosy sufferers.
Jose Ramirez was around 12 years old when he started suffering from fevers, numbness in his limbs, and sores that wouldn't heal. Over a period of eight years, doctors in Laredo, TX were puzzled by the mysterious affliction. It wasn't until 1968, when Ramirez was 20, that a healer in Mexico took one look at Ramirez and informed him he suffered from "a disease of the Bible." That disease was leprosy.
Once diagnosed, Ramirez was confined to a hearse for transportation to a leprosarium — better known as a leper colony — where he lived, largely isolated from his parents, siblings, and girlfriend, for seven years. "I was given a cocktail of drugs, one that made my...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/25/4459928/leprosy-debate-over-eliminating-public-health-threat
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