Carville: Remembering Leprosy in America

by Marcia G. Gaudet

Book Overview

Mysterious and misunderstood, distorted by biblical imagery of disfigurement and uncleanness, Hansen's disease or leprosy has all but disappeared from America's consciousness. In Carville, Louisiana,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 157806693X
• ISBN13: 9781578066933
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 7.3"