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Leonard Wood and leprosy in the Philippines. The Culion Leper Colony, 1921–1927
As these two volumes amply testify, George Rousseau has become, at a remarkably early age, the doyen of scholars illuminating the elective affinities between literature and medicine (and long may he so continue!). His range of interests, expertise, and panache ripple off the pages of his volume of reprinted Smollett essays, where learned discussions about the impact on embryology of the introdu...
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متن کاملReport 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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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Leprosy Review
سال: 1939
ISSN: 0305-7518
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19390023