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Hansens Disease Leprosy is a widely misunderstood disease Patients were forced to live in seclusion in leper colonies until the 1940s In 1873 Dr Gerhard Hansen of Norway identified the germ that causes leprosy Mycobacterium Leprae. MANAGEMENT OF LEPROSY BY PRACTICING DERMA OLOGISTS CURRENT ST TUS AND SCOPE Dr Vitthal H Jadhav and r Anil Patki Health Administrator Vol XVIII Number 2 7172 pg ntroduction WHO recommended multi drug thera Leprosy Defeated;. Lives Transformed. Leprosy – Ancient History?. 600 – 700 new cases every day. One every 2 minutes. At least 4 million people already disabled. Leprosy . is. a 21. st. century disease. Luke 17:11-19. The 10 Lepers. “And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.”. Luke 17:11. “And as he entered into a certain village…. Nadine Chase & . Priyanka. Patel. Taxonomy. Genus: Mycobacterium. Family: . Mycobacteriaceae. Mycobacterium . Leprae. Acid-fast Bacillus. Gram Positive. Bacillus shape. Single arrangement. Aerobic. Racial science. Colonial government medicine. Missionary medicine. Leprosy and humanitarianism. I. Racial Science. Originally, relationships between Europeans and Africans were positive. I. Racial Science. By Alex Grommet. Description. Leprosy is an infectious disease that is characterized by disfiguring skin sores, nerve damage, and progressive . dehibilitation. .. Scientific Description. Leprosy is a chronic . KGMU. Top five states in India which have highest number of leprosy cases. State 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13. Uttar Pradesh 27,473 25,509 24,627 24,222. Leprosy is also commonly called Hansen’s Disease, after G.H. Armauer Hansen who discovered the cause of the disease in 1873. . The disease is caused by the bacteria . Mycobacterium leprae . or . M. lepromatosis . The Transforming Power of Jesus (Part 1). Mark . 1:40-45. Mark . 1:40-42. 40 And a leper came to Jesus, beseeching Him and falling on his knees before Him, and saying, "If You are willing, You can make me clean." 41 Moved with compassion, Jesus stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, "I am willing; be cleansed." 42 Immediately the leprosy left him and he was cleansed. . TIRUMANI,CHENGALPATTU. HISTORY. . 1924. Lady Wellington Leprosy Sanatorium at . Tirumani. 1924 to 1939 . Managed by Church of Scotland. Dr. Paul Brand devoted his life for the reconstructive Surgery. Assistant Professor. Dermatology. 29. th. . sep. 2017. Cardinal signs of Leprosy. 1. . Anaesthetic. /. hypoaeshetic. skin lesion or lesions. 2. Enlarged peripheral nerve\s with impairment of sensations in the area supplied. U.T. of Dadra & Nagar Haveli. . . S. Krishna Chaitanya,. MD (NHM),. Dadra & Nagar Haveli.. Leprosy is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium leprae Leprosy is a bacterial disease of the skin and nerves, which can progress to involve internal organs if it is not treated. In some forms .