Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 118, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1903 — A Leprosy Patrol. [ARTICLE]

A Leprosy Patrol.

The Hawaiian government employs agents who travel all over the hlaods looking for indications of leprosy In remote places. Banishment is so dreaded that frequently the family of a leper will keep him secreted for a year or two before discovery Is made. A person who Is supposed to have the disease is sent to the receiving station in Honolulu, where he is examined by five medical experts. If “a leper” be the verdict mcn-y, position. Influence, race or color ennnet change the decree which Fends the patient to Molokai.