Show r 1 1 wan 1 a national Lepro Lep rosaria hw RAL i T ap arr arr rr rr ri r 4 12 E W YORK nine lepers I 1 inmates N NEW of institutions in the vicinity of this city were exhibited tile the other night for public examination at a gath oring of physicians in the academy of medicine one of tile the patients a chinaman was nom from paterson N J two from brooklyn two from the city hospital three from the skin and cancer hospital the purpose of exhibiting hi the lepers is stated to bo be tile the beginning of an effort to educato educate the public away from the hysterical atti turo ture it has heretofore shown whenever the presence of a leper becomes ff a matter of general knowledge it was declared that tile the attitude of si S i the people in general toward lepers has adt in the least advanced sinco since the middle ages hild and that as a result many lepers in fear and terror conceal the fact that they suffering from the disease instead of applying fot for and receiving humane and ints int igent treatment there are at present 35 cases or of leprosy under treatment in new york and vicinity many luany of these patients it is said make occasional visits to tile the shopping 01 district strict to banks or to hospitals riding penly openly 0 in trains street cars and ferry boats mx physicians from different parts or of the united states and the american colonial possessions discussed leprosy at the meeting and all agreed that in new Y york ork city there is no likelihood of infection they declare in favor of a national lep lepro rosaria sarla with stations in florida and san francisco urging in favor of such an institution that it was impracticable for the states to take action on oil account of tile the small number of cases in each state and it was unfair from a national standpoint to allow one state to drive its lepers across the border into other states |