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Show Holds Hope For Lepers Dr. Haul A. M'.i'iieiiny ha., report, lo the American Medical ussocit.ti,,,, on preventive method.-, that may h.-:al nfi" many of the frightful deforrnl-.ii long associated with lepro:-y. At the tailioual leprosarium at Carvilie, La., corrective treatments con.i-tiug (,f massage, baths, exercises and ultraviolet ultra-violet irradiu! Ion have been u -e.) with success In treating the iii-sh.i,,en hands and feet even of cases of long standing, says the specialist. Sine., little preventive v.-ori: of this character char-acter has ever been atten.pt.-l (.;.r j colonies, physicians are vv.it. thing tl:-i tl:-i progress of these corrective m. with great Interest. So many d. -for,,,, ities have been improvid that in to,,,, cures of tie less .sever.- ii-f..naii:.-s nr.- let regarded as impossible. |