Word: peition
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Dates: during 1925-1925
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...General Wood arrived-in 1921-he drew on emergency funds, increased the staff of physicians from 2 to 18; and within a year 1,000 patients were once more receiving treatment. When it was rumored that the General was about to return to the U. S., a pathetic peition signed by more than 1,000 lepers begged him to stay. Meanwhile, the Filipino politicians were trying to oust him. Culion was made an issue, and the Filipino Legislature cut the Culion appropriations by one-third...
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