People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1895 — Two Sisters with the Leprosy [ARTICLE]

Two Sisters with the Leprosy

Toledo, Ohio, Feb 7.—Owing to many reports concerning reported cases of leprosy in Perry County, Dr. J. A Moody made a personal investigation He found Miss Hannah Garey, aged If* years, had been afflicted with the disease ten years. Her fingers and toe.have dropped off and her teeth faller, out. A younger sister, aged 6. also her the disease and it is taking the same course. The home has been quarantine*’ pending action by the state board of health.