Medical Staff at the National Leprosarium,1940s. Image Courtesy of the National Hansen's Disease Museum, Permanent Collection. Carville, LA.

Dr. Guy Faget (center front) Medical Officer in Charge of the leprosy hospital (1940-1947) poses with his medical staff in front of the Infirmary.

All members of the United States Public Health Service at that time were male, and all members of the nursing staff were Daughters of Charity, a Catholic nursing order.