Leprosy

I have written a post before about leprosy but I didn't have much resources then. This is an update on the resources. The link on Sg Buloh has the names of the British doctors who served at Sg Buloh from 1928 onward. A few of the early Malay doctors also served at Sg Buloh.

Resources on leprosy

CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/nczved/divisions/dfbmd/diseases/hansens_disease/technical.html#clinical

Stanford
http://www.stanford.edu/class/humbio103/ParaSites2005/Leprosy/index.htm

International Leprosy Association - Global Project on the History of Leprosy
http://www.leprosyhistory.org/english/gallery/gallerylepmuseum.htm

Culion Sanatarium, Culion Palawan 5315, Philippines

http://www.leprosyhistory.org/cgi-bin/showdetails.pl?ID=47&type=Archive

Dr Windsor Wade's collection of old books - Wade's Library

http://www.leprosyhistory.org/archives/culion.htm

India map - Route of Commission

http://www.leprosyhistory.org/english/maps/commission.htm

Indian leprosy gallery

http://www.leprosyhistory.org/english/gallery/gallerylepindia.htm#naini

Leprosy Settlement, Sg Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia (1930-present)

http://www.leprosyhistory.org/english/gallery/gallerylepmal.htm

History of leprosy and research at Sg Buloh

http://www.leprosyhistory.org/cgi-bin/showdetails.pl?ID=333&type=lep

Leprosy Sanatarium, Pulau Jerejak (1828-1969)

http://www.leprosyhistory.org/english/gallery/gallerylepmal.htm#acm

Leprosy Academic Network

http://www.leprosyhistory.org/english/academic.htm

Leprosy care

Leprosy patients and sufferers (lepers) were shunned by the populace and segregated by health authorities.

In China, lepers were segregated in leper villages or boat colonies.

In British Malaya, lepers were kept at different places:

1) Pulau Jerejak Leprosarium off Penang island (from 1860s onward)

2) Kuala Lumpur Leper Asylum or Setapak Camp in KL (1922 til 1929)

3) Sungai Buloh Settlement (1930 til today)


Sources:
In: Studies from the Institute for Medical Research, Federation of Malaya, Jubilee Volume No.25, The Institute for Medical Research 1900-1950, by various authors. Printed at the Government Press, Kuala Lumpur, 1951. Text on leprosy are mentioned on pages 252-257.

In: Doctors Extraordinaire by Ho Tak Ming. Published by the Perak Academy. 2nd edition, 2006. Chapter 15, Tuan Doctor, pages 197-206.

Personal communication with En Azman bin Abdul Majid, Unit Makmal, PKKN, Sungai Buloh. Friday, 6 July 2007