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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...because, with fear reduced and hope increased, proportionately more victims are presenting themselves for treatment. New York City, with three clinics already serving more than 100 patients, has now added a fourth, more specialized unit in lower Manhattan. The name over the door was designed to be disarming-"HD Clinic," for Hansen's disease. The word leprosy is still considered too alarming, but the disease is losing some of its terror...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Of Mice and Leprosy | 3/2/1970 | See Source »

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