, 1879-04-15
A LIVING DEATH.
Leprosy as Described by Charles War
ren Stoddard.--A Foothold
Secured in America.
The Terrible and Incurable Disease
Which lilo Chinese Have Brought
Into Onr Midst.

beautifully oortruyctl by Thomns Nn.t. nj
Iiarfr'a ,,ttkyu. brtn1s with lin 10 thcxo
shores tho kcal OF tllsl,onos That probably
dates back 10 tho fail OF tna,, Whether. with
tte tonncttr whtct, ina amt ,hc pntcs ~ ,hcIr
IT., y ..,ssy, s 800 t.,.
"a''e" "oF.o @4alust patoae'ahs ot tte klone loE
cons past, they foster THIS crownipS evil OF the
Aest, know not; hit CcrtAin It Is tlmt 400 000,
QO0 Mongoltans inherit scrof,I,ou. ten,1enelc..
md TINT with them Tho tenrout sccd scs,ns to
fatal disease fas already been introduced Into
California; It has followed the Chtuesc to every
land yl,cre thew have colou,zed, viii nnnn nj.
tsn,,>t -. ,ronc w.. ,I..i. "s ,.,", . y.
.sMp' W p'osa .'"t 'tt'o 1el,ef 'n"J 1ca'eh
wIolc face. 1'lit hrst, TO yoli Know OF wliat we
trcatl Maundrol, IN old English traveller Of
the seventeenth, century. writing OF thr Icprosy
Nv s"" ~ 'A, ''',,1 saf' o'",s'"p.l oo
hoseomo t1atlt might well pnss for tic utmost
corruption OF tho humat body on this side tho
grave" And we'll It Hlghtl Behold the
DIAGNOSIS OF TIE QnsEEs:
When lcprosy IA fully teyc1opett H. /, charoc.cr.
sa " .,'o ,,ms M.ssenso o. uussS'feu or hs'a tu-
oe'e1es ot Uhcrcnt Sizes upon tbe lurc, 'ips,
nose, eyebrows. ears, nntl extrcmttlcs OF the
budy. The skin OF the differentiated face Is at
tie same ttmc thickcpetf, wrIuklett. and shtnnr
,, ss" w so NV 'e.s el.At's u'ssofteu' M
halr OF the eyebrows, eyens''es. aud beard falls
of; the eyes nrc often injected aud the con-
juncttva swclcd; Tic pupil OF tho eye contracts.
r,yiur thc orenn n wclrll. cnt.,iko oxnrcssIon.
thc vn,ra ,,crnnrs hoursH cn nosoi. t',, sa,,a
ri emeli IA ,nnnrcf1 nr jnsr am, ti,nt ~ tn,I'
nr commnn scns"tiSr ia str9nuciv n,lor,'1 do", H.,
tubcrcuintc,i nnrfs wiJci, aras II, tho deal IT,
stanrn. sonn4trncs a,,ucrannslt;rc iottnrI. l.,
s eo,,rsc NJ ,!. t.cais ,G
nncstfis,ir As tic nniay nroSrrss"a s ti. ~. -.
bcrclcR softrn and onci,. i,irnro;fo, -, ~
similar 1nueo,,s ~ tnhcrc;es ennaa~ =, +,
ihc nose md throat. rcnler;ts.s t,,c
brcath eytremeiv offensive. tuhrrn,tiar ;7,ossns s
or lenrot,. t,hnrcles. na shawn lv fascn,inu ho''
Mn ~ f.rr, f,tornoff,. ,,,,0, ,5r;.,s . ne
me,nbranes nu NJ, tI,r s,,rtnec nf thn ,.tne,.
lungs, ETC.. cracks ss,ros. md c,rc,,nr ',lcsrs'
in,nt ot.rr io,n. 1trs m ' v ,nM ~ M'
ioncns ronrrnnn son,nt.o IN. ,,,,,,n ~, enu,
so,etincs thc inwcr crttcmt,rs nr" nopo aocc,ni, @
afflicted by tlis modification md mutltntIon ~
parts. An Eastern traycicr, DR.. IialUcck, III
looking down from n nefghborInE hight into
Of unmc1.cn- AraGc. tc1s ia ,,at In no,,cea tn.,
lrners sownr nsnss IN liz 1rIIl ~ h nt4, h"5 i"1
m itaSs III pttce a,1 m Tcat ,csn n,",,'to 'u
benr wnstci nwav i,y tiiscasr' rLn ,nn,. VIZ
wanted hands was earry,,. tic Other wnn e ,v"mt
ed faot m his hnek MI 6r "1n,n ~ rrfc1r n H.
I,ars iur of sret, md 'lronMnd n t,"a nn,, -. ~,
''nw ",, ~ I'. ~ sli,' w., t,' ,,,u ~" s'1y
rrot1f,,i viii, f,s fcct !, o's' p'e''-' '"'o '"'
II is uot ,ha fnshion IN i,,ecuoa +bta ,,,,,o,..
but nasm,,en as. To n,,ote ~ pcccsr sn
lave InsiaIcJ mno , ~ ,iet ' ,c, f.
sI,ai1 cnn," fn-c ", .Sny .aS ro ot M"s Isse'
hniv oa ~ ont omt ~ H., w ,un !, III -, INV s"nc
nossthi io,c nwaits toso :no nyn "s ~ ~ Will
cnmrn,,e ~ s.,,H ta t.osu ""o aso tnc uaor9l
,i,nt IN liz trn;fIt e,,t,,rr .or e1eFaS rcenris
tow, or yilinpc in Ernm'.. witHn,,t % 10 1enor
ntoi. MnratSri 1ivos .,ior 10 ecsps ~
nrtcu If III" iiaeoso rs,,a1 an. H., %HSInl' % " ~
Itoiv a., sco.'i'sa ufi'tS LIZ 'uuie ages IN
ttAtT Hn f'SultthtttFlAH
crn Ernno "o"niv hnconn ~ -. os!n- ~,
lima in Emg,.n, u san,, d.,ni W.
MLlio Hroy. icnrosy wa, ~ riTrns Il wns q, ~,
neighborng continent. Almost every larre
town Ia Great nr!tnln had lcpcr-lospital
or villaeo near 1t, for The reception md lsola-
lion Of Tic diseased. Some Of the cities ,ycrc
supplied with more than ono lazar-llousu; there
were SIX o! these establishments f1 Norwich, or
Its immediate vicinity, anl I'VE at Lynn Resis.
YEARS OF FEARFUL oAnE
t fr,f seps was ~ ~ w., asa, ~ .nc ae.cu na'
nv, 4 y, ne"ss .'s u.seaso atc Droaucast
n"E, r,"',nins =" .nt, " ~, iotE Us
,crh q nav ',nt ,,aa,ntr ~ ,I ~ ~. ~ t,e
ahr y nsrn u, s,4 ue srn M.n ot @ .sss asree
cxtsifn, IN n arant W. ~ ,s 49,. "1 H. , 1u'.n. ~
nst !5s"t :" ,' Jr Leas s*sss ~ paces te
nt,,r. n1Mm,n NV, 0;,,nt,n ~ u te,npGf
~ ~" aa, H. III nia,ra iovr tv,h tS EQUATOR IN pnrts
Arctfc Ere,.. r., ,;," ~" INC ns9se - silu
hsr,,arn" tG Se' ~ ,e ~, .gnesnle tcs'dn o. Goth
ran'I w. IT. t"E suu.e1 hs ~ llnmel-cn-
~ Mn,oi-. u .e .' ~1'S ' as.t' M.u ~ .e hor"lcFn
aioins ~ a,a iu ~, T. ~ sMe ~ llItu nii'l
siia,rt " t,t"T, ~ 9 m,a ~ Ia VIZ ala ha!nflnus
sinr.s ~ n,,ius a."',a WI s.l % sn!!ma.' @ alops ~
in,nrr ~ -, af.tsn wv S.n @ 1euc naM ~ tile
H. ~ ~. ~; ~ . tAss rl.'Ct, NV .is'le Nns'
san1s W ~ ~ ~, ",va H. hs ,an ~ a'ss ,Sa aa tIlou
;s1.,'ia H., ~. ,1t ~ 1HIv1 I1i1 W eG..,e " nv
Mc,terranenn seas n,',. h,ssu. l., liz s,,,s,,tnn ,.
III iii" i,rnri ri III" rurn, ;r1tr '1 H. ~, o
wi lrnrnsy may mt hc ,,tst r,I,,to 10 "' AensoA
80, 49,,
- ~" 's" ~ o""
seToss tnls prolific contlnent.
- lrtle, us Atr' bcecler snys, we mny be
wlae IN time asitl have iricnaly relations with
t''is great peuple, Or W. ''ay hr 1u1l!ah In tlue
'Iu hare relations 1ar fr"!u friendly" but It ia
welI u tnko time BY thy lurelock md receive
NC reluss ot ttn 4GU, ,oOo,W0, csowllcd out Ut
tilelr own tnt'osptablu la'As, with tl,iu prccnn
iioiis TINT rl1nlt of no dc!Hy. In the golden ae
~ cfrosy, Laws were G,,nclcl by nearly MI tic
lrnees t'i'l Courts VI E'lFops to arrest It's tllf
iasion , MtnoHs ehelr subjects, The Pope asueA
bulls with regard to tbs eectcsastiral au,ar.-
llol' nn.i rights "t the Inherited. A particular
ORDER pf kni9hthood was Instituted tu watch
over il't sick. "ArcONlns to the tenor OF vart.