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  2. Lazaretto - Wikipedia

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    Ottoman and Egyptian lazarettos were issuing internationally recognized bills of health. [6] Lazaretto Islet survives on Ithaca and another on Zakynthos. [citation needed] According to Edward Hasted in 1798, two large hospital ships (also called lazarettos), (which were the surviving hulks of forty-four gun ships) were moored in Halstow Creek ...

  3. Lazzaretto Vecchio - Wikipedia

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    Since 2004 archaeologists have unearthed more than 1500 skeletons of plague victims buried here between the 15th and 17th centuries. These have been found in individual as well as in mass graves. The remains of thousands more are expected still to be found on the small island as the death-toll reportedly reached 500 per day in the 16th century. [1]

  4. Lazzarettos of Dubrovnik - Wikipedia

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    Lazarettos were built in stages between 1590 and 1642. At first, three courtyards and a number of covered porches and dwellings for the ship crew members and caravan companions were built. Two additional courtyards and buildings were added later. Every courtyard had a door facing the seaside which was used to unload the goods from the ships.

  5. List of fossil sites - Wikipedia

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    Some entries in this list are notable for a single, unique find, while others are notable for the large number of fossils found there. Many of the entries in this list are considered Lagerstätten (sedimentary deposits that exhibits extraordinary fossils with exceptional preservation—sometimes including preserved soft tissues).

  6. Sheldrake Island - Wikipedia

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    The lazaretto was established in 1844, on the site of a cholera [2] quarantine station from 1832. 44 lepers were landed on July 19, [3] 1844, the majority being Acadians, [1] from the Tracadie-Neguac area.

  7. Philadelphia Lazaretto - Wikipedia

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    The Philadelphia Lazaretto was the Second quarantine hospital in the United States, built in 1799, in Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. [3] The site was originally inhabited by the Lenni Lenape, and then the first Swedish settlers.

  8. Leper colony - Wikipedia

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    Debate exists over the conditions found within historical colonies; while they are currently thought to have been grim and neglected places, there are some ...

  9. Leprosy Act 1906 - Wikipedia

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    In 1906 the federal government passed the Leprosy Act and it was enacted on January 31, 1907. [10] The federal government took over responsibility of the lazaretto on D’Arcy Island from the province of British Columbia [11] and hired a guardian and interpreter and established weekly supplies of fresh meat, fish, fruit, and vegetables for the lazaretto.