From biblical times to the modern period, leprosy has been a disease associated with stigma. This mark of disgrace, physically present in the sufferers' sores and disfigured limbs, and embodied in the identity of a 'leper', has cast leprosy into the shadows of society. This paper draws on primary sources, written in Spanish, to reconstruct the social history of leprosy in Puerto Rico when the United States annexed this island in 1898. The public health policies that developed over the period of 1898 to the 1930s were unique to Puerto Rico because of the interplay between political events, scientific developments and popular concerns. Puerto Rico was influenced by the United States' priorities for public health, and the leprosy control polic...
347 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002.Beginning in the late ninetee...
Le lepra constituye una enfermedad conocida desde el año 2000 a.n.e., que causó verdaderos estragos ...
Although Hansen's disease (leprosy) is still a significant problem in many parts of the world, the e...
Since the 1920s, the medical community realized that the strategy of leprosy control based on segreg...
The thesis analyzes health public policies concerning Hansen's disease, in Brazil, from 1641 to 1962...
Para controle da hanseníase, doença infectocontagiosa conhecida desde os tempos bíblicos, são mostra...
Objective: to research on the treatment of Hansen's disease during the 20th century in Colombia in o...
ABSTRACT: Ignorance about leprosy is common both in the general population and among physicians and ...
The purpose of this work is to establish a connection between the modernization proposal held by the...
This article aims to retrieve the history of Hansen's disease in Brazil, analyzing the medical think...
This research aims to study the Public Policy that developed in the period of the First Brazilian Re...
Leprosy is a highly prevalent, endemic disease in this country. Due to its long evolution, it gives ...
Este trabalho apresenta resultados parciais de uma pesquisa sobre fontes relativas à lepra, realizad...
This present work aims to analyze the numbers of prevailing and detection of leprosy that make Minas...
The present paper examines the first attempts to internationalise the problem of leprosy, a subject ...
347 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002.Beginning in the late ninetee...
Le lepra constituye una enfermedad conocida desde el año 2000 a.n.e., que causó verdaderos estragos ...
Although Hansen's disease (leprosy) is still a significant problem in many parts of the world, the e...
Since the 1920s, the medical community realized that the strategy of leprosy control based on segreg...
The thesis analyzes health public policies concerning Hansen's disease, in Brazil, from 1641 to 1962...
Para controle da hanseníase, doença infectocontagiosa conhecida desde os tempos bíblicos, são mostra...
Objective: to research on the treatment of Hansen's disease during the 20th century in Colombia in o...
ABSTRACT: Ignorance about leprosy is common both in the general population and among physicians and ...
The purpose of this work is to establish a connection between the modernization proposal held by the...
This article aims to retrieve the history of Hansen's disease in Brazil, analyzing the medical think...
This research aims to study the Public Policy that developed in the period of the First Brazilian Re...
Leprosy is a highly prevalent, endemic disease in this country. Due to its long evolution, it gives ...
Este trabalho apresenta resultados parciais de uma pesquisa sobre fontes relativas à lepra, realizad...
This present work aims to analyze the numbers of prevailing and detection of leprosy that make Minas...
The present paper examines the first attempts to internationalise the problem of leprosy, a subject ...
347 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002.Beginning in the late ninetee...
Le lepra constituye una enfermedad conocida desde el año 2000 a.n.e., que causó verdaderos estragos ...
Although Hansen's disease (leprosy) is still a significant problem in many parts of the world, the e...