Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1878 — Leprosy. [ARTICLE]

Leprosy.

From Baltimore we have the account of a genuine case of leprosy. The patient is a native of New York, but lived for many years in Cuba. His condition is thus spoken of: “ His hands and feet are covered with scaly ulcers, and his face is breaking out with large tuberculous sores, giving him a shocking appearance. The surgeons did not regard the disease as contagious or infectious. The man is lying in a ward occupied by other patients. He is in the second stage of the disease; says he does not suffer any pain, is cheerful, and converses freely.” The prognosis of the physicians of the hospital is that the disease is incurable, and the man must die a slow death. He enjoyed excellent health up to the time of attack. The United States must not expect to long escape this terrible scourge, which from the days of Moses has been the terror of Eastern countries. —lnter Ooean.