Leprosy in the Bengal-Bihar Border Line
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The: average citizen of the larger towns in Bengal is aware that there are large numbers of begging lepers in the streets. When he thinks of leprosy, he thinks of these unfortunate people, but he seldom asks himself how and why they have reached this terrible state of deformity and wretchedness? The leper beggar of the street is the finished article; where does he come from and what are the stages and processes in this manufacture?
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