Word: leprosarium
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...lepers, who are still, in effect, belled over all the earth, Christmas 1946 had special meaning. At the only U.S. leprosarium, in Carville, La., the 378 patients (whites, Negroes, Orientals) raised their first community Christmas tree. Major Hans G. Hornbostel, whose wife entered six months ago, played Santa Claus. In Washington, leprologists, gathered at a special conference, made the celebration official. They were ready to announce the first real hope of a leprosy cure...
Carville has had excellent results with three sulfa drugs: Promin, Diasone and Promizole (streptomycin, now under test, also looks promising). Last year the leprosarium discharged 37 patients, this year it will discharge 40 or more. Said its medical chief, Dr. Guy H. Faget: "The sulfones have stopped even the most hopeless cases in their tracks...
...leprosarium authorities, leper leader Maung Kyaw Thu laid down demands to be met "immediately": 1) improve the wretched diet; 2) reduce working hours of inmates (now six hours daily); 3) step up injection treatments of chaulmoogra oil to the prewar level...
Last week their fears had been confirmed. Mrs. Hornbostel was confined in San Francisco Hospital, a victim of leprosy, and scheduled to be isolated at the National Leprosarium, Carville...
Those who were dosed the longest and could stand the largest doses improved the most. (One trouble with Promin: treatment sometimes has to stop because it causes anemia.) Only two patients got worse in spite of treatment, and their cases were very advanced. The Leprosarium doctors think improvement under Promin is "definite." The next step is to try out the newer, better TB drugs-diasone and streptomycin...