The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-18
res Tho white spots change to a chocolate

eyes The. white spots change 70 q chocolate
color and the limbs begin TO swell; BY and by
and the skin aud flesh are loose and marked
with ridges. The nrgers and toes contract.
the feet and legs Sseo ,SD ssd psinS
iriis are dislrursi. tho mouth, is d, q;
lepcr appears TO lilo OF suiocalion. Tine insen..
stotlitty to rain in tho lower lirns is So great
vcrcly burnt without knowing it, l should
say tho last task refined woman would care
"ndSrtaks Is that OF nur:ng Soyn Tais Ice
scription. NevcrthEless. tho nun. arc A.
ways chesrruI. They got a Knowledge OF met
rience here can tn to a month or so how long
new patient is likely to live. SOM laiic1ts
Hulrkly; Ihqs inr NJ permanent cures nave
teen effected. Patients VIII, aprenre', to be
short time to die. but thu average length OF
ouensN Of the improved treatment. and, bet.
said hauntS certain families belonging to
Tracahie, Caraqnct. rockcm nchc. Ne1uac.
and Nhippegan. Is now kent we'll in hand.
The disease has never been known to attack
and Kept himself and Ills surroundings clean.
Injected families have grown out OF II by
changing their diet and abode. The nuns
have Teen In tho hospital since 1870. but not
one OF them has been attacked The iiscas"
was not uncommon years ago in the wtetched
coast settlements IN Cape Breton. hu. trpcars
Of sticking to u family that remains SUBJECT to
bad con itions Of living but 1t frequently skips
u generation. Father and mother may
be lepcrs and the children clean: con:
Nerscly. the parents may DO clean and
the children lepers. The case OF the Robi-
Chauds OF Tracadie was curious one. Fran
co.'s Il hirhaud waS thrice married, and each
Of his wives died OF lcrrosy. though two be-
longed to non-lerrous families. while he re-
NAMED free from the disease To the end Of his
days. 4 French doctor. La Billois. who settled
up tho coast forty years ago. treated numter
OF lencrs. aud thought he bad cured ten whose
names he gave, but nfterward the whole ten
lunatics. were regarded hereanouts "a the nc
cursed of God. They were knocked down with
clubs by the hea,ta constableS "A moose was
placed round their holies. and they were
dragged to the boat or thrown into y waGnu.
Thu was ons Of the lcEaeies from ,. The
i"rers at rracadc AMI they. ali assert
that they caught tn. disease from others
being unwilling t. admit that it is II family
visitation. They say they are far better
cared for in the laZaretto than they would he
at home. are iii! gent in prayer and in hearing
and most Of them are as pntentcd as persons
in their dreadful plight could lie expected to
lie. SO long as they are able to take outdoor
exercise the men are tractahle enough. but
when the disease begins to tell on them they
sometimes get beside themse elves from de-
Smith report. that one ESCAPED to the United
States In lSSS The nuns are not locked IN
for lite. When their health breaks down thei
return to Montreal and either go hnck t.
Tracaitc on their recovery or are succeeded
by other nuns from tho II tel Dieu. Tho re-
ports which they send to their superiors are
never pr inte', 50 tina. the world knows nothing
a hariisrl