01331nas a2200253   4500000000100000008004100001260000900042653001100051653002800062653002000090653001800110653002600128653001200154653000900166100001700175700001600192700002100208700002800229245011000257300001100367490000700378520067800385022001401063       2003                            d  c200310aBrazil10aCorrespondence as Topic10aEpisode of Care10aFamily Health10aHistory, 20th Century10aleprosy10aOils1 aBenchimol JL1 aRomero Sa M1 aAlves da Cruz MS1 aMagalhàes de Andrade M00aFight for survival: the life of a Hansen's disease sufferer through his correspondence with Adolpho Lutz.  a361-960 v103 a<p>This project presents the complete set of letters between the family of a Hansen's disease (leprosy) sufferer in the state of Maranhão, in the Northeast of Brazil, and the doctor and bacteriologist Adolpho Lutz. For more than twenty years Fabricio Caldas de Oliveira and Numa Pires de Oliveira, father and son, exchanged a steady flow of letters with the scientist in pursuit of a cure for the disease that had assailed Numa since childhood. The 24 letters compiled here paint a unique portrait of the medical and social drama confronted by this family, and the results of the use of chaulmoogra oil and other medications in their search for alternative treatments.</p>  a0104-5970