This article traces the history of leprosy in Reunion from the early eighteenth century, which long paralleled the slave trace. Lepers were confined to a lazaretto and treated with herbs. Father Raimbault, "doctor" and chaplain of the lepers in the middle of the twentieth century, is still honored today. The improvement in living standards and the use of sulfones finally resulted in the control of leprosy. Nonetheless, from 2005 to 2011, an average of three new cases per year were detected among a population of 800,000 inhabitants.
BT - Medecine et sante tropicales C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24113552?dopt=Abstract CN - GAUZERE 2013 DA - 2013 Jul-Sep DO - 10.1684/mst.2013.0239 IS - 3 J2 - Med Sante Trop LA - fre N2 -This article traces the history of leprosy in Reunion from the early eighteenth century, which long paralleled the slave trace. Lepers were confined to a lazaretto and treated with herbs. Father Raimbault, "doctor" and chaplain of the lepers in the middle of the twentieth century, is still honored today. The improvement in living standards and the use of sulfones finally resulted in the control of leprosy. Nonetheless, from 2005 to 2011, an average of three new cases per year were detected among a population of 800,000 inhabitants.
PY - 2013 SP - 281 EP - 6 T2 - Medecine et sante tropicales TI - [History of leprosy in Reunion Island from the beginning of the 18th century until today]. TT - Histoire de la lèpre à La Réunion du début du XVIII siècle à nos jours UR - http://www.jle.com/download/-10.1684_mst.2013.0239-histoire_de_la_lepre_a_la_reunion_du_debut_du_xviii_sup_e_sup_siecle_a_nos_jours-U8eVWn8AAQEAAGSZgx8AAAAI.pdf VL - 23 SN - 2261-2211 ER -