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Images From Leprosy History - Leprosaria

 

Bangladesh
Brazil

British Guiana
Burma (Myanmar)
Cambodia
Canada
China

Congo
Crete
Fiji
Guinea
Hong Kong
India
Israel
Japan
Korea
Malaysia
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Nigeria

Papua New Guinea
Portugal
Sudan
Surinam
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Uzbekistan

 

India

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Bankura

Bankura, 1979

O A Hospital, Bankura. 1979
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Bankura chapel ,1979

Bankura chapel. 1979
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Bankura ,1991

The completed second-storey at Bankura Leprosy Hospital now houses the Teaching Laboratory, Classroom and Training Hostel. TLMI Publicity Release, Sep 1991
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Stanley Browne at Bankura clinic, 1970

Stanley Browne and ulcer treatment. Bankura clinic. 1970
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Barabanki

 

Belgaum

Barabanki Hospital

TLM Barabanki Hospital and out-patients entrance.
TLMI Publicity Release, March 1993
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Belgaum, 1976

Going home. Belgaum. 1976
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Dr Gopal Dass on village survery, Belgaum

Dr Gopal Dass examines patient on village survey. Mr Patole, paramedical supervisor to left of Dr Dass. Belgaum
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Calcutta

Site for new hospital, Calcutta

Site for new hospital, Calcutta. (On front: Premananda Dispensary for Leprosy 1940; next door: Maniktalla Christian Cemetery)
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TLM leprosy control clinic, Calcutta

Patients and friends at TLM leprosy control clinic, Calcutta.
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Physiotherapy demonstration, Calcutta, 1983

Calcutta Urban Leprosy Control Programme. Physiotherapy demonstration to patients in clinic by paramedical staff. 1983
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Case detection in a Calcutta slum

Case detection survey in progress in a Calcutta slum. 2001
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TLM Premananda Memorial Leprosy Hospital

TLM Premananda Memorial Leprosy Hospital.
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Champa

 

Chandag

Male inmates, Champa. Front view of huts. November, 1903

Male inmates, Champa. Front view of huts. November, 1903
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Champa, 1904

Mr and Mrs Penner with a group of leprosy patients, Champa. 1904
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Chandag Hospital

Patients arriving at the hospital at Chandag.
TLMI Publicity Release, Mar 1993
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TLM's 'Mary Reed' Leprosy Hospital, Chandag

TLM's 'Mary Reed' Leprosy Hospital, Chandag. Named after its founder.
TLMI Publicity Release, Mar 1993
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Chandkhuri

Chandkhuri, View from North

"Chandkhuri Leper Home and Hospital, A Partial View from the North Side" (no date)

 

Untainted Girls Home

Untainted Home for Girls Foreground, Background, Women's Ward with Church 1915

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Chandkhuri Scouts

Chandkhuri Scouts

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Chandkhuri Choir

Chandkhuri Choir

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Chandkhuri, 1931

Chandkhuri, 1931

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Chandkhuri, 1931

Chandkhuri, 1931

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Literacy Protest

"Those who have started to learn to read now." Placard. "We do not want to remain illiterate.

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1945 India Conference

1945 India Conference held at Chandkhuri

 

Faizabad

 

 

India - Kalimpong

Faizabad Leprosy Home - a leprosy patient undergoing treatment for contractual fingers

Faizabad Leprosy Home - a leprosy patient undergoing treatment for contractual fingers after reconstructive surgery performed by Dr Silas Singh of Almora Leprosy Hospital. 1970
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A young lepromatous patient studying. Faizabad.

A young lepromatous patient studying. Faizabad.
TLMI Publicity Release, Mar 1993
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Kalimpong, West Bengal, 1934

Kalimpong, West Bengal, India. 1934
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Karigiri

 

Muzaffarpur

Karigiri Leprosy Control Programme, 1975

Map of Karigiri Leprosy Control Programme in the villages. 1975
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Artificial limb making, Karigiri

Artificial limb making and fitting, Karigiri
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Puppets are used to teach about leprosy

Puppets are used to teach about leprosy. Muzaffarpur
TLMI Publicity Release, Jan 1993

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New forty-bed hospital ward building at Muzaffarpur

New forty-bed hospital ward building at Muzaffarpur, inaugurated September 1992 by Philip Putman.
TLMI Publicity Release, Jan 1993

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Naini

     

Patient after hand surgery at Naini

Patient after hand surgery at Naini.
TLMI Publicity Release, Mar 1993
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Dr Harveen Das examining patient at Naini

Dr Harveen Das examining a patient in the OPD clinic, Naini. TLMI Publicity Release, Mar 1993
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Superintendent of TLM Naini performing surgery

Superintendent of TLM Naini performing surgery.
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Patient, fifteen years, after reconstructive surgery on her hand

Patient, fifteen years, after reconstructive surgery on her hand.
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Examination of patient

Examination of patient.
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Soaking of hands and feet in water to help soften the thickening of skin as a result of leprosy

Soaking of hands and feet in water to help soften the thickening of skin as a result of leprosy.
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Laboratory technician and assistant prepare patient for a leprosy smear, which takes ninety minutes

Laboratory technician and assistant prepare patient for a leprosy smear, which takes ninety minutes.
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Occupational therapist examines patient following removal of his cast

Occupational therapist examines patient following removal of his cast.
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Care of feet of leprosy patients

Care of feet of leprosy patients.
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Patient receiving new artificial limb

Patient receiving new artificial limb.
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Nasik

 

 

           Poladpur

 

Rosalie Harvey washing ulcers, Nasik, India, 1901

Rosalie Harvey demonstrating a practical way of washing ulcers using a bucket, hose and tap. Nasik, India. 1901
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Poladpur church, May 1905

Poladpur church, built by the leprosy sufferers. May 1905.
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Purulia

Early Patients

The Reverend Uffman with some of the earliest patients, 1906

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Women Working

Women working in the rice fields at Purulia, 1920

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Men of Purulia

Some of the men of Purulia, 1920
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Repairing Roads

Men repairing roads, Purulia

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Working in the fields

Purulia was a self supporting colony. People affected by the disease grew their own food.

Baptism class, Purulia

Classes for Baptism, Purulia (no date)

Temporary Governor addressing patients at Purulia, 1935

Temporary Governor addressing patients at Purulia. In the background, on left, out-patient men. On right, four women, applicants for admission. 1935
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Shahdara, East Delhi

     

TLM Hospital, Shahdara, East Delhi. This hospital has all the modern facilities to treat and operate on leprosy and eye patients, and provides reconstructive surgery.
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* Reproduced by kind permission of TLM International
** Reproduced by kind permission of photographer Patricia Gallinek (all photographs copyright 2003, Patricia Gallinek), and TLM International
 


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