NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF LEPROSY
Authors: H. J. L. M.
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1949)

Editorial1 March 1949NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF LEPROSYH. J. L. M.H. J. L. M.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-30-3-692 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Excerpt"Glider, parachute, submarine rescue, experimental diving,handling of lepers, demolition of explosives, observation flying." These categories were recommended for "Hazard Pay" by the Advisory Committee on Service Pay as recently as December 1948. When the justification for listing the demolition of explosives and the handling of lepers as comparable hazards was challenged, a spokesman of the committee defended the inclusion of leper handling on the grounds that hazard pay would compensate for "the fear of the disease felt by the average individual and the social stigma attendant to such service." This attitude is both an anachronism and a disgrace. As...1 MCCOY GW: Factors in public health management of leprosy, Pub. Health Rep., 1948, lxiii, 1522. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2 ROGERS L: Progress in the control of leprosy in the British Empire, British Med. Jr., 1946, i, 825. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3 AUSTIN CJ: Correspondence, British Med. Jr., 1947, i, 506. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4 GRAY H: The chemotherapy of leprosy, New Orleans Med. and Surg. Jr., 1947, c, 218. Google Scholar5 International Leprosy Congress Report 1938, Internat. Jr. Leprosy, 1938, vi, 408. Google Scholar6 GOODMANGILMAN LA: The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 1941, The Macmillan Co., N. Y., p. 944. Google Scholar7 MCCOY GW: Chaulmoogra oil in treatment of leprosy, Pub. Health Rep., 1942, lvii, 1727. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8 REHFUSSALBRECHTPRICE MEFKAH: A Course in Practical Therapeutics, 1948, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, p. 529. Google Scholar9 FITE GL: Leprosy, its detection and management, Postgraduate Med., 1947, i, 292. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10 SCHUJMAN S: Therapeutic value of chaulmoogra in the treatment of leprosy, Internat. Jr. Leprosy, 1947, xv, 135. Google Scholar11 COCHRANE RG: A comparison of sulphone and hydnocarpus therapy of leprosy, Internat. Jr. Leprosy, 1948, xvi, 139. Google Scholar12 International Leprosy Congress Report, 1948, Internat. Jr. Leprosy, 1948, xvi, 209. Google Scholar13 SCHUJMAN S: Comparative study of chaulmoogra in high doses and promin in the treatment of leprosy, Internat. Jr. Leprosy, 1948, xvi, 145. Google Scholar14 FROMMWITTMANN EJ: Derivate des p-nitrophenols, Ber. d. deutsch. chem. Gesellsch., 1908, xli, 2264. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15 BUTTLE GA: Treatment of streptococcal infections in mice with 4-4′-diaminodiphenylsulphone, Lancet, 1937, i, 1331. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16 FELDMAN WH: The treatment of experimental tuberculosis with promin; a preliminary report, Proc. Staff. Meet. Mayo Clin., 1941, xvi, 187. Google Scholar17 COWDRYRUANGSIRI EVC: Influence of promin, starch and hepatalhyde on experimental leprosy in rats, Arch. Path., 1941, xxxii, 632. Google Scholar18 FAGET GH: The promin treatment of leprosy: a progress report, Pub. Health Rep., 1943, lviii, 1729. CrossrefGoogle Scholar19 MUIR E: Preliminary report on diasone in treatment of leprosy, Internat. Jr. Leprosy, 1944, xii, 1. Google Scholar20 FAGET GH: The action of diasone in the treatment of leprosy, preliminary report, Internat. Jr. Leprosy, 1946, xiv, 19. Google Scholar21 FAGETERICKSON GHPT: Chemotherapy of leprosy, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1948, cxxxvi, 451. CrossrefGoogle Scholar22 LIMA LD: Present status of sulfone therapy at the Padre Bento Sanatorium, Internat. Jr. Leprosy, 1948, xvi, 127. Google Scholar23 SLOAN NR: Effect of sulfone treatment on the larynx in leprosy, Internat. Jr. Leprosy, 1948, xvi, 329. Google Scholar24 JOHNSON HM: Discussion following Faget and Erickson's paper.21 Google Scholar25 COCHRANE RG: Correspondence, Brit. Med. Jr., 1947, ii, 110. CrossrefGoogle Scholar26 HINGSON RA: Preliminary study of the hypospray for parenteral therapy in its relation to the management of leprosy, Internat. Jr. Leprosy, 1948, xvi, 173. Google Scholar27 MOM M: Benadryl in lepra reaction of lepromatous leprosy and in sulfone sensitization, Rev. argent. dermatosif., 1947, xxxi, No. 2. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byPulp death in a patient with lepromatous leprosyLepra 1 March 1949Volume 30, Issue 3Page: 692-700KeywordsFearLeprosy ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 March 1949 PDF downloadLoading ...