Carville's cure : leprosy, stigma, and the fight for justice /

The unknown story of the only leprosy colony in the continental United States, and the thousands of Americans who were exiled, hidden away with their "shameful" disease. Between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, the Mississippi River curls around an old plantation thick with trees, with a state...

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Main Author:	Fessler, Pam (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2020]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Louisiana Leper Home. United States Marine Hospital No. 66 (Carville, La.) Public Health Service Hospital at Carville, La. Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease Center (U.S.) Leprosy > Patients > Louisiana > History. Leprosy > United States > History. Leper Colonies > history. Leprosy > history. History, 19th Century. History, 20th Century.

Evans: Library Stacks

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Call Number:		RC154.5.L8 F47 2020

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