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Show Make Scientific Study cf Scourge of Leprosy The ancient scourge of leprosy is being intensievly studied in Hawaii with a view to steady reduction in the number of cases and eventually to eradication. Gov. Lawrence M. Judd lias appointed a committee which includes men who have given many years of attention to leprosy cases. Their report", just concluded but not made public, deals not only with medical treatment, but with measures for segregation of lepers and closer control of the disease. Hawaii for many years has treated leprosy without special fear, knowing know-ing that care in handling it sufficiently sufficient-ly protects doctors and nurses from contamination. Measures suggested to the governor by the commission will be embodied in legislation by the territory of Hawaii next spring. |