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By John Tayman. 421 pp., illustrated. New York, Scribner, 2006. $27.50. ISBN 0-7432-3300-X.

Some years ago, I had the opportunity to visit a leprosy clinic in Boston. It was known as a "Hansen's disease" clinic, a term often preferred by patients. It was held only on Saturday mornings, when the building was otherwise not in use. There was a feeling among all concerned that this arrangement was probably for the best — and perhaps happiest of all were the facility's administrators, who ordinarily were at home on Saturday mornings. Most patients spoke of their disease with shyness and reserve, although many of them had only mild, or tuberculoid, leprosy. One man with lepromatous . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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