Aden and its Leprosy Problem

Notes on leprosy in Aden.

Leprosy and its Removal until 2000

از قدیم ترین ایام و در هر فرهنگی، جذام همواره چشم اندازی از وحشت و افسون بوده است. در هیچ مورد دیگری، بیمار را زنده به گور نکرده اند، او را بسته بر ستون نسوزانده اند و یا با زنگوله و شمعی در دست ، از شهرها اخراج نکرده اند. بدآموزیها، ترس، جهل و اعتقادات خرافی موجب شده است که جذام بیش از هر بلای دیگری، در میان مردم وحشت و هراس ایجاد کند.

problem of leprosy in iran

leprosy is one of the oldest diseases of the country and may have been brought over to this country from egypt in ancient times. leprosy is mose frequent in the province of tehran, east azarbaijan, guilan and mazandaran (43 per km2) than other part of the country (13-18 per km2).the incidence of leprosy is recorded at 7.7 per thousand and 35.2 per thousand in the southern and northern part of t...

Leprosy and Its Prevention

The title of this work is more pretentious than its contents. Only under very exceptional circumstances could " several visits to Norway " justify a physician, with no other opportunities for clinical study, in writing a book on " Leprosy and its Prevention; " these circumstances are not very evident in this case, and the result is as might be expected. Very few men in England are competent to ...

The Problem of Leprosy

over the world, and for many centuries there Were in most countries laws and customs which aimed at preventing contact between healthy People and lepers. The mediaeval laws concerning lepers in Europe have often been quoted. In the nineteenth century however the work of Danielsen and his followers challenged the belief in the infectiousness of leprosy and the jesult was a slackening of attempts...