Deseret Evening News | 1903-05-25 | Page 1 | Leprosy and Catholics

LEPROSY AM ANt A n CATHOLICS Pro t or of College or of Surge l Attributes III H Spread to toI o tJ Londen May 36 Jonathan son non the velI el known surgin sad and form Torm 10 er cc of the Cite Royal College ot Surgeons who recently d from froma a tour of In India as to the cause caus anti and pro of leprosy has written a Utter letter u m the on subject of flab Bsh eating as tIme the cause a of leprosy He lIe gives give MM the opinion that the Cath Catholic olic olie fast delis days are for th the spread of leprosy y and that IliaC there here ti is a risk o of obtaining Uh fish the u uSe e of Itch on fast days ought to o be Reiterating his opinion that contagion not nur tho th but ChriS ssI 1559 r P 7 ibl for the pr prea v ven lance en e of leprosy I Hump during this middle ages h he e messes the fear that tIme he same thing In is now happening In In India dia tila and elsewhere m UtU e 0 missions are silO eels y ir r leprosy increases at My calculation h Is that lilt th the risk uk to a Catholic convert is 21 l fold foW that tt f on O who remains in the tuCk faith Dr wy says th the Jain Jam who Cs Inn a vegetarian almost almott Invariably e cap fronts from I 1 while the tho Catho lie suffers suffer fearfully and he n the opinion that this U is a proof prof that the tho disease aN ID IS In among several aug UK K gaited st l b he strongly the abolition of the salt rait tax In India to enable the to render tUb fUh wholesome