The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-29

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Phlllppene1 where eAEN
lepefe afe taken ~ 49,
kept II homes fof : eSrssi5
o. time scarcely I g. ~
velope, ana these ~ -
Ways shown TO have - s1
81 by contact
The nea q lspfosy -
Ary u gained largely S9 RS
BILE story where Il q mS4fio145
. curse pronounced upon f8a
want Of Elisha and upoa m
dren because he obtained r.
By fraud. In the biblo stoef3
leper II always called uncleeS
IN three instances the die
spoken OF - . punishmSnt
It has come to Be associate T
immortality In the minds q
people, though doctors have n
edly denied that any connect
lists between leprosy and v(1Sr
disease.
Another mistaken idea aho
disease IL that the bible r.
was entirely different fruA
modern form. The public
service says that 1t was very =
lar 10 the modern disease. ~
tne wniteness spoken Of q
SYMBOL OF uncleanltneo -
occur 30 often today.
me two most common tyr W
inc anestnetic ana the modulus +
lormer Is cnafacterized BY -
sensation IN nano rect, tant4 y
ANY tney crop on. In thu 60
iorm sores develop. Most oiteu
Two are combined, with tho r.
tnst IN tine last stages, whsa t.
vactim mas oeen aniicted Tor u =
IL years, ne ID scarcely human B
appearance.
Or1einated IN the Eest
Leprosy has always been -
prevalent IN the east. 1t 10 Cd
ed that . single Chinese lepef q.
ried the germs to Hawaii, n I
Is believed that most OF the CO.
In the United States are contraduf
In the orient.
Back in the middle ages, NJ
crusades carried SO many knishli
and pilgrims to Palestine, tn.
sands of crusaders caught the =.
lection and spread 1t all over y
rope. At first, NO restrictions ~,
placed upon the liberty Of the rs
Tins, but as the disease assunSI
plague-like proportions asylun
were established largely under 4
rection Of the church. At one IL
European countries maintained n
900 leper asylums in which per-
known to have the disease v
at once forced to retire. The churu
originated burial services fof n
socially dead" to be held oyoe n
victim as he entered the lepfo4P
ium, and made him swear to -
10 commandments for lsDRI
/ Among other things these ordasI
him not to enter any church. ~
ket place or any assembly Of -
ple; not to touch children: u
to eat with any persons e1csu
| lepers: not to appear in the stree
I, except in regulation lepers' clotl
ing. With these strict laws 4
the decline Of pilgrimages, the iii
ease died down to its normal pft
portions.
There is some leprosy in n
rope today, especially in Russl
| and Scandinavia, and the Ian
cities Of the continent. There Il
thousands Of the outcasts IN eveE
country of the east. Where tAes
ARE no we'll managed hospitals 4
lleper's fate is the most miserall
imaginable. He wears rags =
sleeps in novels or out-of-doorA =
has to depend on begging for =
food and when that fails he stafvl
to death.
Under United States contro
leprosy in Hawaii and the Pninl
pines is being kept down, ana WI
is equally important the sunere
are properly cared for in a colon
In our own country the situatf
Is not so good. only TWO Oh y
states-Massachusetts and Lou,
ana-provide asylums. In the ol
er states, lepers are OFTEN CONN.
in wards used for smallpox PAU
or in other quarters SO wre.sas
that the outcasts cannot stano sas'
and, sooner OF iater, ESCAPE.