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  2. Leprosy - Wikipedia

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    Leprosy has historically been associated with social stigma, which continues to be a barrier to self-reporting and early treatment. [4] Leprosy is classified as a neglected tropical disease. [21] World Leprosy Day was started in 1954 to draw awareness to those affected by leprosy. [22] [4] The study of leprosy and its treatment is known as ...

  3. Alphos - Wikipedia

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    Alphos (from Greek ἀλφός alphos "a dull white leprosy") is a form of non-contagious leprosy, formerly described by the physician Celsus under the name of vitiligo, a term now used for another skin disease. In alphos, the skin is rough, and looks as if it had drops of white on it, not much differing from morphea.

  4. Leper colony money - Wikipedia

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    Special leper colony money was used between 1901 and around 1955. The original reason for leper colony money was the prevention of leprosy in healthy persons. In 1938, Dr. Gordon Alexander Ryrie in Malaysia proved that the paper money was not contaminated with leprosy bacteria, and all the leper colony banknotes were burned in that country. [2] [3]

  5. Gehazi - Wikipedia

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    Gehazi was the servant of the prophet Elisha.He appears in connection with the history of the Shunammite woman and her son [2] and of Naaman the Syrian. On the latter occasion, Gehazi, overcome with avarice, obtained in the prophet's name two talents of silver and two valuable robes from Naaman.

  6. Leper colony - Wikipedia

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    Spinalonga on Crete, Greece, one of the last leprosy colonies in Europe, closed in 1957. A leper colony, also known by many other names, is an isolated community for the quarantining and treatment of lepers, people suffering from leprosy.

  7. Tzaraath - Wikipedia

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    Tzaraath (Hebrew: צָרַעַת ‎ ṣāraʿaṯ), variously transcribed into English and frequently translated as leprosy (though it is not Hansen's disease, the disease known as "leprosy" in modern times [1]), is a term used in the Bible to describe various ritually impure disfigurative conditions of the human skin, [2] clothing, [3] and houses. [4]

  8. History of leprosy - Wikipedia

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    This text mentioned the destruction of the nasal septum in those with leprosy, an observation that would not be made outside of China until the writings of Avicenna in the 11th century; according to Katrina McLeod and Robin D. S. Yates it also stated lepers had "swelling of the eyebrows, loss of hair, absorption of nasal cartilage, affliction ...

  9. One for Sorrow (nursery rhyme) - Wikipedia

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    One for sorrow, Two for luck (varia. mirth);Three for a wedding, Four for death (varia. birth);Five for silver, Six for gold; Seven for a secret never to be told, Eight for heaven,