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Report on a Visit to the Leper Island of Culion and on the Anti-Leprosy Work in the Philippine Islands
This anti-leprosy work which has been carried out in the Philippine Islands during the last 19 years is valuable not only for what it has done to stamp the disease out of these islands, but also for the stimulus which it has given to similar work in India and in other parts of the world. It was, therefore, with keen expectation that I looked forward to my visit to the leper island of Culion. 'T...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scientific American
سال: 1908
ISSN: 0036-8733
DOI: 10.1038/scientificamerican06271908-461