Before and After Sulphone Drug Treatment. Image Courtesy of the National Hansen's Disease Museum, Permanent Collection. Carville, LA.

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This series of photographs taken over the course of treatment (L-R) show a female patient's transformation back to health.

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Hansen's Disease

By Elizabeth Schexnyder, Curator, National Hansen's Disease Museum, Carville, LA

Leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease (HD), is a chronic disease of the skin and peripheral nerves. 95% of the world’s population is naturally immune to the disease. Mycobacterium leprae, the…