Carville's cure : leprosy, stigma, and the fight for justice
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- ISBN: 9781631495038
- ISBN: 1631495038
- ISBN: 9781631495045
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Physical Description:
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x, 348 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
Contents / Notes
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [327]-329) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue -- Exile -- God versus germs -- Rescue mission -- Rebellion -- "What have I got, doctor-- leprosy?" -- Finding a home -- Ripped apart -- "Nun nurses" -- Jail within a jail -- The hole in the fence -- Search for a cure -- Until leprosy do us part -- The miracle -- Fighting for freedom -- Not bright enough -- "It's Tallulah, darling" -- Human touch -- An era ends -- Discrimination -- Shutting down -- Lessons not learned -- Epilogue. |
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