Out of the Shadow of Leprosy : The Carville Letters and Stories of the Landry Family /

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In 1924, when thirty-two-year-old Edmond Landry kissed his family good-bye and left for the leprosarium in Carville, Louisiana, leprosy (now referred to as Hansen's Disease) stigmatized and disfigured but did not kill. Those with leprosy were incarcerated in the federal hospital and isolated fr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Manes, Claire, 1943-
Otros Autores: Landry, Edmond, 1891-1932
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2013
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Landry family.
Landry, Edmond, > 1891-1932
Landry, Edmond, > 1891-1932.
National Hansen's Disease Programs (U.S.)
National Hansen's Disease Programs (U.S.) > History.
Leprosy > Hospitals.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disease & Health Issues.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Medical.
Leprosy > Hospitals > Louisiana > Carville > History > Sources.
Leprosy > Patients > Louisiana > Carville > Correspondence.
Louisiana > Carville.
Sources.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / Marcia Gaudet
  • Acknowledgements
  • A Chronology of Edmond Landry's Life 1891-1932
  • Introduction : A Family and a Disease
  • Finding Carville, Finding Family
  • Edmond : Anticipating a Bright Future
  • Moving into the Shadow : Life at Home
  • In Leprosy's Shadow : Life in Carville
  • Edmond's Letters from Carville
  • Out of the Shadow : Finding Edmond
  • Lives Remembered and Restored
  • Epilogue : My Journey out of the Shadow.

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