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Show J X . ; - . -.... r ' i ' . . ) )b t ; & i ' 1 ivICJ ' Treatment of Dr. Dye in the Lepers' 'Home of -Louisiana t: Sends Forth Patients Made Whole A Shunned- Local-'tv Local-'tv Where Bcaye- Sisters of - .Charity Minister- to ::; "the j sit;, Plague-Ridden; and' Heroes . . , With Dinner 'Pails Work for Them,' - IESUS AND THE LEPER. , ji .' And behold, there cam a leper ' and worshiped hlna, sajlng, ' '.jK . Xiord, If thou 'wilt, thou canst , make me clean. Matt. xIll-2. ' "jn ,' i (Special to The Telegram.) -'.NEW ' O RLE AN 3, ' June 22. The ! ;rnost startling . news : the scientific world has received In a long time is I j the ' announcement that leprosy, the dread ot untold centuries, can be : cured. , ' j jr. .For a long: time experimental treat-1 treat-1 ." ment has been in progress at the.Louls-j the.Louls-j -'lana lepereh home r.eer Indian Camp, j Dr.. ,Isadore Dyer, who, with an as- j-iFistant, Dr. Ilalpli Hopkins, have . risked their lives to minister to these ' loor outcasts, have been sure for a j long time that they were on the right it rack, but they vanted to make the test conclusive, and now they are able I -vuo Rive to tho world the news of suc-! suc-! -fcess.. , ; t," ; There are forty-four patients in the " ,home at this time, twenty-six white I males and thirteen white females, and two colored .males and three colored - females. The first case cured was that of a boy admitted in October, 1902, at the. age of IS -years He was discharged 'December 7," 1304. as cured, and has been kept, u'tder observation ever since. - There has been no return of Jany evidence of the disease. -v" The second case was that of a wo-" ! man admitted August 10, 1900. at the sage' of 60 year3, and discharged De-vcember De-vcember 19.' 1905, as cured. - . w'"' The third case was that of a woman admitted June 2, 1904, at the age of .30 years. She was .discharged as eured April 26, 1906. . . Only two patients are. believed by these physicians to be fatally afflicted ut of the total number of Inmates. It Is probable that the cured patients will be made the subject of observa-fc'jipn observa-fc'jipn and investigation by other experts from both this country and Europe, although Dr. Dyer Is noted interna-jpionally interna-jpionally as an authority on leprosy. This, gallery Tiew shows how all of the cottages, as fast as they are completed, are being connected together to-gether by one continuous covered way, quite common between nearby cottages on Southern plantations.. The man with his back turned Is a leper. So sensitive are they that they never allow their pictures to be taken If they can help it. This man is one of the most . prominent figures in the State. Dyer has been one of nutrition, and that if a resistance cah be followed In the individual patient the disease will disappear. Leprosy, say the physicians. physi-cians. Is recognized as a bacllliary disease, dis-ease, -and one in Which the tissues of the person affected are used as a feeding feed-ing ground. Any medicine, hygiene or habit, which will change the tissues into food the bacilli cannot feed upon will help the person to a logical resistance. resist-ance. 1 A rule has therefore been instituted that the patients shall take hot baths daily, eat plenty of wholesome food, without regard to its being fish, flesh, fowl or vegetable, and additionally that they shall spend as much time as possible in the open air and sunshine. Notwithstanding the fact that no-body no-body will live within miles of the lep- kfi . . - . . w. i ' . .. . . ' """. " ' $ .; ill "' l. - - .- .;.rr . These cottages are being put wj by a I ufirm of New Orleans architects, Mac- . kenzle & Goldstein, who rrrT fhe lep-,,crs lep-,,crs home with their workmen, who do n day's work exactly like they would , do a similar day's work anyw here else. iThe picture of Dr. Dyer, whose dls-f dls-f oovery will be famous In history, is - '-""frliown. ; In 1894 treatment of the lepers In the home was begun. This consisted ' ...of Ichtyol, chlorate of potash, strych-nine, strych-nine, salicylate of soda, chaulraoogra oil and arsenic. For several years the treatment was not faithfully followed. " but in 1902 results began to show, and jtince then the work has been systematic. system-atic. - The theory and method of Dr. ers' home, there is much individual bravery shown in the case of the four Sisters of Charity are In charge, and the superior of this brave band of women wo-men rules the patients strictly. but with kindness. She alms to make life as pleasant for them as possible. They sing and talk and play cards until 10 and 11 o'clock at night, and devote much of the daytime raising chickens, pigs, pets and gardening. The home consists of a number of cottages connected by a gallery. The cottages are not finished, and almost daily volunteer carpenters and laborers labor-ers employed by Mackenzie &. Goldstein Gold-stein ride out to the shunned settlement settle-ment and work on the Job. Official reports show that the disease dis-ease of leprosy is Increasing in Louisiana, Louis-iana, and the bravery of these plain worklngmen Is apparent. |
