Leprosy Collection

Joseph De Veuster Damien
JOSEPH DE VEUSTER DAMIEN FATHER DAMIEN Belgian missonary who helped lepers

Father Damien on his death bed in 1889 Date: 1889

Missionary treating victims of leprosy, Mozambique
Mozambique, Africa - Christian Missionary treating and caring for African victims of leprosy. Date: circa 1910s

Kalaupapa Leper Colony, Hawaii - Victorian period

UZZIAH CONTRACTS LEPROSY
Uzziah, king of Judah, contracts leprosy, from which, alas, he will ultimately die in 783 BC Date: circa 790 BC

Proposed leper colony, Siberia, Russia. 1893

Leper woman at entrance of hut, Siberia. 1893

Man with leprosy, Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa
A man with leprosy, from Dr NP Jewells casebook, Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa. 1924

Naaman and Elisha
Naaman, king of Syria (at war with Israel, of course) is cured of his leprosy when his Israeli captive advises him to consult prophet Elisha, who recommends bathing in Jordan

Uzbekistan - Samarkand - A leper Date: circa 1910s

The nerves of the arm in Leprosy
Plate IX: A depiction of the nerves of the arm in Leprosy. From: On leprosy and elephantiasis. Date: 1874

Baldwin Home, Leper Colony, Kalawao Molokai, Honolulu
Baldwin Home, Leper Colony on Kalawao Molokai, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Date: circa 1910s

Leper (Munster)
A 16th century leper walks with a clapper, to warn people of his approach

Elisha Heals Naaman
He cures Naaman (captain of the host of the king of Syria) of his leprosy by making him bathe seven times in the river Jordan

Street of the Lepers, in Harrar, Ethiopia

Bath / Bladud / Pig / Cig Card
Healing waters found by Bladud, King Luds son, stricken by leprosy - he sees a pig cured by them

Leprosy Treating Patient
Treating patients at Lambarene, Africa

A 13 Century Leper House
A leper house

Medical / Ailments / Leprosy
A wandering leper, with clapper to warn people of his/her approach

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