The evening world., 1910-12-30
800 DOCTORS PUT
TO TEST SHOW NO
FEAR Of LEPROSy
Declaring Disease Not Conta-
gious, They Boldly Examine
Ten Victims at Clinic.
ALL URGE
Pity for the Sufferer as Well as
Safety of Public Demand
This, They Say.
ALL URGE


se'i-doomed to contract the dread dis
case and to suffer all OF It's lingering.
d~isaguring horrors. And not one OF the
distinguished medical man who Gathered
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traced ,bcm % ,be,r 'd,s,ended roots
oth.r. vbo bold bsck n, Are, ro,
,hrough fear n, con,a 1,on hi, room "a.
nnls,on. vero snurred M, NJ ,ba,r "a
l,ctance nv hls examp,e
7, va. ali done wi,h tho ea.. and
aex,.r,tv .xbihi,ed bv Tho .t,l,.d sur.
reon I'm examining n brokon linh.
I, was an impres.ive demonstration ~
the ABSOLUTE conviction Of the leading
physicIans Of this CITY. Bos,on. pbila.
delphla Boston. New orleans and other
American cities that ,eprosy is not con-
taRIous-that contact with Kipline's
silver Men" Is no more danRerou, than
contact with consumptiyes.
That ,cprosv ia infoc,ious w,. con-
coded. bu, &, MAS stated in mos, positive
Terms tina, +, was NOT more 90 than
tuberculosis. Segregation was demanded.
almost unanimously. mainly for the .aks
OF the victim.
Or. Isadore Dyer. who came ALL tho
way from New Orleans to participate in
last nights symposium, made tie
strongest plea for segregation and based
ii on pity for the lcper.
All Favor S%epreqation.
The ieper favors segregation" said
Or. Dyer. HE realizes his condition. He
is without hope and is filled with horror.
lie shuns the pubic, avoids daylight
and strives TO hide himself from sight.
lie would gladly separate himself from
ms family II IL could be done without
Inc publicity that attends his cas- when
il II reported to the Board Of Health.
Segregation Is desirable for the sake
OF The family. There is never the same
sympathy for the victim Of this malady
as for the sufferer from any Other dis
ease. Sympathy IL discounted by the
raar Of infection
"I.nro.v .ho,,d n. c,ass.a uonv tho
N go. ~
eo"'as"Ns u'se"'e'' w q" COMMISSIONS
al tuoercuiosis' Dr. sun d menace "hen
x 10 considered that its spread Is con-
slant and insidious, and that It's tYi-
dences are more horrible than most
Nnovn diseases. For thousands OF years
:. has spread. and In every countrv f.,
which It has been introduced. Unless
.epers are segregated II is only a ques-
lion of time when the disease will he
,.n. a MANAGE In mis- countrv"
.r -,
Zen V'ct'ms AZ S''n'e.
Many races ana many nationalit!es
Nere represented by tho ten victims
saown. There were two full blooded
negroes and one American. one mulstto.
- ChInom,, ~ r,aI,or - r.rn.,
u'Aa' Each represented u oiiere"S
phase OF the no ror. Some were tuoer-
cular. with faces so distorted and COW
cred with tuberc!es IS to assume the
,snsrt Of a lion. hence the Classification
,"ao,iran o,h.-s b.3 urns devoid ~
mn, ~
N' ee'''e "Nu ~ 80.
'"e U.s. wv y ""''"s '" az "'
aard into nre and having felt no pain.
O@s or the most singular cases was
'aat or the aluiat'o with "h'te sam
n nnsi.s - ~, ,regni,r ,orm us
las a wife and a son, a perfectly
'Nal,hv rov according 10 his oh yslclan
Dr, NJ r. p@arounagIan OF the Post,
G,,aduate uospital. He lives out of
,nyn, and mas mad the malady for six
lars
u r
""e's Sases Sa"'e ''o"' .
lie comes from south Carolha' ana