Global Project on the History of Leprosy

Images From Leprosy History - People

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Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen (1841-1912) identified the causal bacteria of leprosy (M. leprae) in 1873.	Charlotte Pimm took the lead in raising support for the Baileys, with her two sisters in Dublin. *	Rev Henry Uffmann, founded the Leprosy Mission's Purulia Hospital in 1888. *	Mother Marianne Cope worked at both the Kapiolani Home for Girls and the Bishop Home for Girls at Kalaupapa in Hawaii.
Stanley Stein, author of Alone No Longer: The Story of a Man Who Refused to be One of the Living Dead (Carville:The Star, 1963) crusaded for the rights of people affected by leprosy.	Betty Martin was sent to Carville when she was 19 yrs old. She wrote of her experiences in Miracle at Carville (NY: Doubleday, 1950).	Francisco Nunes (Bacurau) founded Morhan, Brazil's Movement for the Reintegration of Persons with Hansen's disease.
William Malo was sent to Molokai when he was a young man. He works with IDEA speaking of his experiences.	Dr. Gopal was diagnosed with Hansen's Disease while studying in college, but continued post-graduation studies upon being cured. He is the President of IDEA in India.

* Reproduced by kind permission of TLM International

Page last updated 8 July 2003