Leprosy, Racism, And Public Health

Zachary Gussow

PART 1 INTRODUCTION 1 Symbol and Disease PART 2 THE WESTERN WORLD IN TRANSITION: THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 2 The Port City of New Orleans: A Necropolis 3 Endemicity in the United States: Leprosy in Louisiana 4 Norway: The Enlightened Kingdom 5 Hawaii: An Imperialist Solution PART 3 THE PERIOD OF ALARM: TURN OF THE CENTURY 6 Changing American Images of the Chinese 7 Beginnings of a U.S. National Leprosarium PART 4 THE LEPROSARIUM: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 8 The Carville Leprosarium: The Asylum Years, 1894 to Post-World War II 9 The National Hansen's Disease Center: New Managers and Old Habits PART 5 CONCLUSION 10 The Secularization of Leprosy