Hospital dos Lazaros da BahiaAraujo, H C S. 'O combate à lepra no Brasil - Balanço de 40 anos de atividades.- 1.-Como entrámos no século XX: "Hospital São Christovam dos Lazaros".' Brasil Med. , 1944:58 (17/18) 158. Source: Keffer, L, Índice Bibliográfico da Lepra :1.500-1.944, Vol II, I-P. Biblioteca do Departamento da Lepra do São Paulo, Brasil, 1946.[Leprosarium][Brazil]
1944
PiracicabaAraujo, H C S. 'O combate à lepra no Brasil - Balanço de 40 anos de atividades.- 1.- Como entrámos no século XX: Piracicaba'. Brasil Med. , 1944:58 (17/18) 159. Source: Keffer, L, Índice Bibliográfico da Lepra :1.500-1.944, Vol II, I-P. Biblioteca do Departamento da Lepra do São Paulo, Brasil, 1946.[Leprosarium][Brazil]
1945
UzuakoliThe Uzuakoli Leprosy Settlement and Research Centre was reported to be part of the Nigerian Medical Service, when the Government assumed responsibility for the medical aspects of the work.[Leprosarium][Nigeria]
1945
National Sanatorium Okinawa Airaku-en 国立療養所沖縄愛楽園By the end of World War II, Okinawa was under US military administration and both Airakuen and Miyako Ryoyosho Sanatoria were under US military administration. (Ohtani 137)[Leprosarium][Japan]
1945
BankuraReferred to by Dharmendra Leprosy in India[Leprosarium][India]
Leprosy work was included in Gandhi’s constructive programme. (Dongre, ILA History Workshop, July 2000)[People][India]
1945
Padre DamiãoOpened. (Document in CPDOC - Fundação Getúlio Vargas , GC j 1946.01.19 - rolo 73 fot. 882 - 884)[Leprosarium][Brazil]
1945
R G Cochrane principal of Christian Medical College at Vellore in South-East India - given DDS in pure form to use (Dr Molesworth, Head of Ghanian leprosy service) (P S Narayanaswami published results in International Journal of Leprosy )[People, Treatment][India]
1945
In Queensland, Australia, it is reported that “It is hoped during the next year to run an experimental series on penicillin, though no specific result is expected and it will be largely an observation of its effects on secondary infections. It is hoped also that new drugs of the sulphoanmide series and also streptomycin will shortly become available for the clinical trial in the treatment of leprosy.” The report continues “The general impression gained during the year is that leprosy is as prevalent as ever, and that this prevalence is due to the following causes: 1. Failure to recognize early cases and treat them before the infectious stage is reached. This may be due to a. Lack of familiarity with the disease by both medical practitioner and general public; b. Misleading evidence which may be given by the patient; c. Failure of the patient to seek advice in the early stages; and 2. Fear of segregation. This is a very real fear on the part of those suspecting that they have the disease and of those who are out on parole. For them segregation means the severing of family and business ties for an indefinite period – in the imagination of the public, generally for life. (Printed report, no publication details)[Epidemiology][Australasia]
1945
Dr Muir (LEPRA's Medical Secretary) returned to England from the West Indies with samples of a new drug - Diacetyl Diamionodipenyl Sulphone (DDS) or Dapsone. Dr Davey took some samples back to Africa to try on his patients in Nigeria. Dr Cochrane discovered that pure dapsone worked better for mastitis in cows than derivatives and decided to try this out on his leprosy patients in India. He chose o administer it by injection, and was delighted to find that the reduction in the number of bacilli in the patients was dramatic. Dr Cochrane published his findings and sent a sample of dapsone to Dr David Molesworth in Sungei Buloh, but with no indication of the dosage. Dr Molesworth spread the supply thinly so that each patient received very little dapsone. This time, the results were even more interesting, as benefits were noted without harmful side effects. Molesworth published his findings and set off a chain reaction of research into dapsone in order to find the correct dosage that would give no side effects at all.[Organisation, Treatment][Africa, West Indies]
1945
In 1945, the appointment of a Special Leprologist for East African Territories was welcomed as the beginning of a more humane and vigorous policy on the disease. (Leonard Rogers, "Leprosy Incidence and Control in East Africa, 1924-1952 and the Outlook" Leprosy Review 25.1 (1954): 41-59).[Epidemiology, People][Africa, Kenya]
1945
Sholapur District, Maharashtra, India: 130 deaths due to leprosy. Source: Maharashtra State Gazetteer: Government of Maharashtra, Sholapur District (Revised edition). Bombay Gazetteers Department, Government of Maharashtra, 1977. 1st edn 1884. 2nd edn (rev): 1977. p. 791.[Epidemiology][India]
1945
Ranigunj (Raniganj, Ranigani, Raniganji)Referred to by Dharmendra in the journal Leprosy in India .[Leprosarium][India]
1946
São Francisco de Assis644 patients. Director - Dr Joel Teixeira Coelho. Araujo, H C S, História da Lepra no Brasil, Vol II, Período Republicano (1889-1946) , Imprensa Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 1948.[Leprosarium][Brazil]
1946
Kenya: In 1946, leprosy is reported to be relatively unimportant in Kenya as compared with tubercle.(Leonard Rogers, "Leprosy Incidence and Control in East Africa, 1924-1952 and the Outlook" Leprosy Review 25.1 (1954): 41-59)[Epidemiology, People][Africa, Kenya]
1946
Aimorés (Aymorés)1 316 patients. Director - Dr Murilo Augusto de Oliveira. Araujo, HCS, História da Lepra no Brasil, Vol II, Período Republicano (1889-1946) , Imprensa Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 1948.[Leprosarium][Brazil]
1946
Antônio Diogo278 patients. Responsibility of Dept of Public Health. Araujo, H C S, História da Lepra no Brasil, Vol II, Período Republicano (1889-1946) , Imprensa Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 1948.[Leprosarium][Brazil]
1946
Santa Catarina (preventório)142 children. Director - Carmen Colônia. Leprologist - Dr Polydoro Santiago. Araujo, H C S, História da Lepra no Brasil, Vol II, Período Republicano (1889-1946) , Imprensa Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 1948.[Leprosarium][Brazil]
1946
Santa Fé1 026 patients. Director - Dr José de Almeida Neto. Araujo, H C S, História da Lepra no Brasil, Vol II, Período Republicano (1889-1946) , Imprensa Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 1948. Administrator - Antônio Silva Pinto. (From timeline supplied by Sanatório Santa Fé)[Leprosarium][Brazil]
1946
Thane District, Maharashtra, India: 55 cases were under treatment in asylums. Source: Maharashtra State Gazetteer: Government of Maharashtra Thane District (Revised Edition). Bombay: Gazetteers Department, Government of Maharashtra, 1982. 1st edn: 1882. 2nd edn (rev) 1982, p. 897.[Other][India]
1946
Cocais1 890 patients. Director - Dr Ary Pinto Lippelt. Araujo, H C S, História da Lepra no Brasil, Vol II, Período Republicano (1889-1946) , Imprensa Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 1948.[Leprosarium][Brazil]
1946
Antônio Justa260 patients. Director - Dr Luiz Costa. Araujo, H C S, História da Lepra no Brasil, Vol II, Período Republicano (1889-1946) , Imprensa Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 1948.[Leprosarium][Brazil]
1946
Santa Terezinha (preventório)257 children. Director - Margarida Galvão. Leprologist - Dr Nelson Souza Campos. Pediatrician - Dr Herondino de Barros. Araujo, H C S, História da Lepra no Brasil, Vol II, Período Republicano (1889-1946) , Imprensa Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 1948.[Leprosarium][Brazil]
1946
Padre Damião298 patients. Director - Dr Raimundo da Gloria Caldeira. Araujo, H C S, História da Lepra no Brasil, Vol II, Período Republicano (1889-1946) , Imprensa Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 1948.[Leprosarium][Brazil]
1946
Souza AraujoEighty-one patients. Responsibility of Dept of Public Health. (Araujo, H C S, História da Lepra no Brasil, Vol II, Período Republicano (1889-1946) , Imprensa Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 1948.)[Leprosarium][Brazil]
1946
Padre Bento1 043 patients. Director - Dr Lauro de Sousa Lima. Araujo, H C S, História da Lepra no Brasil, Vol II, Período Republicano (1889-1946) , Imprensa Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 1948.[Leprosarium][Brazil]
1946
São Francisco de Assis142 patients. Director - Dr Manoel Varella Santiago. Araujo, H C S, História da Lepra no Brasil, Vol II, Período Republicano (1889-1946) , Imprensa Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 1948.[Leprosarium][Brazil]
1946
Santa Maria (preventório)97 children. Director - Marina Dias. Leprologist - Dr Olavo Lira. Pediatrician - Dr Robias Pereira. Araujo, H C S, História da Lepra no Brasil, Vol II, Período Republicano (1889-1946) , Imprensa Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 1948.[Leprosarium][Brazil]
1946
SabaráEighty-three patients. Director - Dr Genaro Henriques. Araujo, H C S, História da Lepra no Brasil, Vol II, Período Republicano (1889-1946) , Imprensa Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 1948.[Leprosarium][Brazil]