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re: Reddit TIL - Carville Leprosarium

Posted on 2/14/14 at 6:46 pm to
Posted by Spankum
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Posted on 2/14/14 at 6:46 pm to
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Most of the early effective treatments for leprosy were developed at Carville - including promin and dapsone. Dapsone is still part of the multi-drug treatment for leprosy, today.


I understand that Carville used to buy armadillos to do testing on, as they catch leprousy too...
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