Pocahontas times

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being made to interest the natives in

agriculture, owing to the fertility of

the country and there are great pos

sibilities in the raising of staple

crops, cattle, fruit, coffee, rice, cot

ton, sisal, etc.

While always having the northern

man’s horror of leprosy, I was yet

anxious to see some cases and 1 visit

ed the Haitian General Hospital,

where several patients are confined.

There are two distinct types of the

dtsease, the lobular and the anas

thesia, In the former the dlseaie

manifests itself in the ear lobes anu

in the nose. One man's fingers had

rotted off down to the second joint,

die fingers being stiff. The anas

thasla case results in the paralysis ol

the nerves of the body making the

victim insensible to pain. Tne fact

of one woman with such a case was

uuuauici auiy a^iutuucu, tiie Kray area**

showing ill Vivid contrast to tin

dark natural shade of her skin. The

American phjsician was kind enough

ou show us these cases handled the

patients with startling recklessness,

it seemed. I was greatly relievei

when 1 found in convenient to take

my leave without the necessity ol

shaking any hands. In addition to

the patients confined in the hospital

there are a number of out patient.

who come in once a week for treat

ment. Chamolgra oil is administer

ed and cod liver oil is also found to

be good for tiie disease. Our physi

clans there do not look upon it as

being as contagious or Infectious as

we have been led to believe. It if

said to take seven years for the dls

ease to develop after exposure.

We unloaded live hundred tons ol

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Pocahontas times. (1925). Huntersville, W. Va., 1925-04-30. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83004262/1925-04-30/ed-1/?sp=3

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Pocahontas times, 1925-04-30.