| Show not no Health s. J Disease Leprosy Only Slightly Communicable L lI BRADY BEADY tt- tt than of the pathe pathe pa- pa the U. U S S. S Marine hospital a La L the only national i in the W WhereWith where wherewith with lepre lep- lep J re receive 1 ar are e er r i ir r Mates C and nd ande e rest tt f to m other of or the from 27 21 t states Mates Dr Brady Hospital was WM for 3 years in na state institution In Inc c led federal ral government took rebuilt and enlarged it to 1 rapacity capacity and has as conductor conduct conduct- or 26 year years as u a class A under the name nam United Marine hospital J Class A At AT Ait T t it he e hospital compares l Iy with the best but hospitals trY For instance there staff the best of at equipment a time full rca res- dentist list expert technicians in fact everything a nJ ht hope hop to find in a anywhere plus the main treatment by the foremost I Jei U eon on the disease Ignorance ce cef f 1 of ot the shameful most people many law lawand lawi i and even some physicians lans and health officers regarding the nature cause caule and treatment of ot Hansens Hansen's disease as u we call it today the recital of at th these there le facts here her may deter criminal state or local governments from persecuting perse perse persecuting or mistreating helpless citizens cit funs M aa such criminals mistreated mistreat mistreat- ed the man Early remember Early remember old timers timers The disease is called Hans HansA's HansAs is i's s 's disease after the Norwegian physician physician physician phy phy- Gerhard Hansen who discovered discovered dis dis- dis cove covered d the cause cRuse of ot leprosy In tn 1871 a germ erm that resembles the tubercle ba bacillus c i l I u s tuberculosis germ and is called Mycobacterium um or Hanson's Hansons bacillus Hansens Hansen's disease Is only feebly communicable communicable-a. a cue case casein in the thel community community community com com- or the household endangers endangers endangers gers other residents of or the community community com corn or occupants occupants' of at the house even less leas than a case of ot tuberculosis tuberculosis tuber tuber- does Disease Free Not a single member of at the medical medIcal medical med med- ical or nursing staff stat at Carville has contracted the disease in the 53 years the hospital has hIlS been in existence nce Hundreds of at workers plumbers painters cafeteria help l I laboratory a a. b o 0 r ra a t tor o r y technicians clerks have have been employed in and abo about t the ho hospital hospi hospi- l- l tal yet none of ot these has contracted contracted contracted con con- the disease with the possible possible possible pos pos- sible exception of one who was a native of ot Louisiana and ana may have had the disease before he began working in the hospital Dr Brady will 1 answer signed almed letters p pertaining to personal health but not to disease diagnosis diagnosis or treatment not more than tha one page or JOO words Enclose s a a stamped self- self addressed td envelope Send your four letter to Dr Brady care of the Home Dome Service Bureau Salt SaIt Lake Telegram It is pretty evident that long and intimate contact and not just casuals casual accidental or incidental contact or exp exposure is the way the he disease spreads Treat Treatment ent with chaulmoogra oil and its derivatives was the best bet at one time but at present present present pres pres- ent the most gratifying re results lUIl are obtained from froin treatment nt with sula sulfa sul- sul fa a drugs drug In fact 21 24 patients treated with and have lave been discharged from the Carville hospital as arrested arrested phy phy physicians do not speak spear of ot either tuberculosis tuberculosis tu- tu or Hansens Hansen's disease as cured but rather as arrested when there are no longer any symptoms or signs of at activity and after after- many examinations have failed tailed to reveal any of or the germs of th the disease se the criteria for discharge discharge dis dis- dis charge from the Carville hospital being being- 1 lJ the patient must be clinically free from all symptoms and 2 have had 12 consecutive monthly negative examinations Cause Unknown As Aa Dr Frederick A. A Johansen medical director of the U. U S. S Marine Marine Marine Ma Ma- rine hospital at Carville frankly admits admit We Ve do not know how one catches Hansens Hansen's disease It ItIs ItIs Itis is assumed that long and intimate contact generally precedes tion Despite extensive research we simply do not know how the Hansen bacillus is Is transmitted from one person to another |
