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Carville's cure : leprosy, stigma, and the fight for justice Cover Image Book Book

Carville's cure : leprosy, stigma, and the fight for justice

Fessler, Pam (author.).

Summary: "The unknown story of the only leprosy colony in the continental United States, and the thousands of Americans who were exiled--hidden away with their "shameful" disease. Between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, the Mississippi River curls around an old plantation thick with trees, with a stately white manor house at its heart. Locals knew it as Carville--the site of the only leprosarium in the continental United States from 1894 until 1999, where generations of afflicted Americans were isolated, often until death. While experts today know that leprosy is not nearly as contagious as once feared, there remains a virulent stigma around those who suffer from it. Pam Fessler tells the story of Carville's patients against the backdrop of America's slowly shifting attitudes toward those cast aside as "others." She also reveals how patients rallied together with an unlikely team of nuns, researchers, and doctors to find a cure for the disease, and to fight the insidious stigma that surrounded it. With original interviews and newly discovered archival material, Fessler presents an essential history of one of America's most shameful secrets"--

Item details

  • ISBN: 9781631495038
  • ISBN: 1631495038
  • ISBN: 9781631495045
  • Physical Description: print
    x, 348 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [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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Genre: History.

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Coastal Plain Regional Library System:
      Tifton-Tift County Public Library 		362.196998 FESSLER, PAM ( Send Text)
 31013001921069 Adult Non Fiction Available
Dougherty County Public Library:
      Central Branch 		362.1969 FESSLER, PAM ( Send Text)
 31018904772030 NONFIC Available
Flint River Regional Library System:
      Griffin-Spalding County Library 		362.196 FESSLER ( Send Text)
 31022009459352 ADULT Available
Northwest Georgia Regional Library:
      Calhoun-Gordon County Library 		362.19699 FESSLER, PAM ( Send Text)
 31038700272175 CG-NONFIC Available
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      Dalton-Whitfield Library 		362.19699 FESSLER, PAM ( Send Text)
 31038000942311 DW-NONFIC Available
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