Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-07-07
ABOUT LErRUSY.

According 70 French Newspaper
the loalhsome disease known rs leprosy
10 far more common Ia the world than
is generally supposed. Eminen,
specialists fear lhat Il may become ~
common In Europe o. II was during
the middle ages aud as II still IL 10
some Aslatie countries. There are In
Paris at least ibJ persons . M clod with
the disease. They arc under no 70.
sltaint whatever. Twelve arc ia one
hospital among the other patients, OF
even employed In tho hospital service.
In other Paris Of France, notably near
Nice ana Mafseillos, there are numeT-
Gus cases.
Leprosy IL found in Spain ana P0r.
Iugal. In Italy II Ia ~ frequent that
special hospital has been erected nj
San Reno. IL IL extremely common
In Turkey and In the Greek islands. In
Ctote slone there arc 500 leFop. Near.
~ every where In Palestine, near the
cities, this uniottunales eau DO seen
sitting by the g0adlide sslleiling aims
Of pnssers.by. Norway has no Ices
than 800 lepeu. Here, however, they
are cared for by the communities aud
Kept In separate hospitals. They
miuglo to a certain extent with the
public and even receive ylsl,s
from friends aud relatives, but not.
wilhs,anding this, tho disease does not
seem to DO spreading, aud II is sup
posed to have reached IT, high water
mark In that country. In Sweden,
where leprosy was almost unknown
some years ago, 402 cases were reported
last year, causing great alarm.
The countries most seriously Affected
In Aola are Hlndoslan, India, China
ana Japan. The lopers In Hiudoslan
are estimated at 100000. On this con.
tinont lepots are found In tho Yves, l n.
dian Islands, Mexico, Guiana, Ven0zu.
ella, Braziland Paraguay. A great mum
her 10 ~ France in order 10 seek a RENE.
dy for the N elton, and the Paris physi.
clans Appfen0nd that before long a
condition will prevail similar to that
Of 800 years ago, when tho whole Of
Brittany was vast hospital for lepers.
Concerning the cause and nature OF
/ the disease, opinions are much d.
yided. Some authorities hold that IT,
/ origin may be- traced 10 the cousump.
ton OF unwh0lesome food, meat, fsh
aud other substances In state n putre.
faction. his supposiIion would seem
to be supported by tho fact that the
disease generally affects the poorer
CLASSES Of the people whs cannot al.
wBys su'ec, their food with special
regard to ~ wh0losumeneis. That
lylr1-y IL hereditary IL t0lerably Ger.
ain. Bu, the newborn Infant does
not always show signs Of being tainted
with H.. The child may grow up ap,
parunlly healthy, Ouly TO IND some
Jay At mature age the whi,e-blup
spots m the skiu that reveal The pres
cnuo " death In the system. From
I'hon On the progress IL comparatively
rapid. Tuberelss Of various sIzes ap.
pear, ,-pColaIly on the sc,, the hair
a's on; lHr voice becomes uOsTse, al.
a1uuuua ppylr aud the limbs fall on,
Que Uy one, lhu patient often u gen
ior yenrs bs,0rv death puts an end to
uIH uu u.-
llI-Dumalg doubtful whether the
dreadful % ION 10 contagious except
perhap. ,yu 10 contact with the ulgyr-
a,cI ma,t,rol tue patient, Physician.
who have studied 1t closely do not o..
regard IT, As for any remedy, none
has as yet been suggested. Tho orly
treatment is the Isolation OF the pa
TENTS, for the purpose OF preventing