The Sociological Aspects of Leprosy and the Question of Segregation

Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text and any section headings. THE JOURNAL OF CUTANEOUS DISEASES VOL. XXIX MAY, 1911 NO. 5 By ISADORE DYER, PH.B., M.D., New Orleans.Dean and Professor of Diseases of the Skin, Medical Department, The Tulane University of Louisiana. * * * There should be a national provision made for the disease, under such conditions as would offer an asylum to all lepers, with the hope of intelligent treatment so as to provide for the possibilities of cure. * * * The very possibility of such occurrences as the scandalizing publicity in the Early case and in the criminal inhumanity in the West Virginia case of the Syrian, who died of chagrin and neglect, should argue supremely for segregation, but. under humane provisions, regulated by intelligent administration. J Cutan Dis. 1911;29(5):268-273. Editor's Comment The good news: Dr W. W. Golden of Elkins, West Virginia, was able to give the young man a name . . .