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Carville leper colony
Posted on 3/31/14 at 2:15 pm
Posted on 3/31/14 at 2:15 pm
I have to tell you the idea of a leper colony in the us for what is still not a very well understood disease is fascinating. I understand it has pretty much closed down and is now used by the national guard with few if any people still on it.
The last thing I saw was a bbc article from 2010.
LINK
I see people mention it from time to time saying that they sometimes saw people going to lsu games long after antibiotic therapy made the disease non infectious and treated it. The deformaties however would not go away.
Every once in a while I bring it up and see what stuff people remember or heard about.
It is interesting that a disease for which 90% of the population is immune to would cause such a problem.
Anyway, I could've posted on the OT but wanted serious responses. Any cool stories, rumors, history, articles, or anything you have on the old carville leper colony?
The last thing I saw was a bbc article from 2010.
LINK
I see people mention it from time to time saying that they sometimes saw people going to lsu games long after antibiotic therapy made the disease non infectious and treated it. The deformaties however would not go away.
Every once in a while I bring it up and see what stuff people remember or heard about.
It is interesting that a disease for which 90% of the population is immune to would cause such a problem.
Anyway, I could've posted on the OT but wanted serious responses. Any cool stories, rumors, history, articles, or anything you have on the old carville leper colony?
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Posted on 3/31/14 at 2:19 pm to thetempleowl
I worked on the conversion of the old leper dorms into high school boot camp dorm over 10 years ago. i remember going into the Cantine and seeing a guy in a wheel chair with bandages on he knee when a leg was amputated, and seeing fresh blood on the bandages. I did not like working there....
Posted on 3/31/14 at 2:22 pm to thetempleowl
Posted on 3/31/14 at 2:56 pm to thetempleowl
Do you know what the word "Pineville" used to mean?
Posted on 3/31/14 at 3:47 pm to thetempleowl
There are about seven lepers still at the colony....that's all I got. 
Posted on 3/31/14 at 4:44 pm to thetempleowl
When I was in 5th grade, my first camp out with the Boy Scouts was the annual camporee competition. That year, it was held at the old leper colony in Carville. Due to the competition being cutthroat and the sub-freezing temperatures, most of my patrol quit soon there-after.
Posted on 3/31/14 at 5:23 pm to thetempleowl
quote:This explains James Carville.
Carville leper colony
Posted on 3/31/14 at 7:37 pm to thetempleowl
I went on a field trip to the hospital when I was in elementary school, probably 5th or 6th grade. I remember that we saw a film about the disease and ate lunch there. There were patients there. It was pretty freaky.
Posted on 4/1/14 at 7:48 am to thetempleowl
If you ever get a chance to visit it do so!
I know they don't have escorted tours everyday, maybe the 1st Saturday of the month.
But you can watch an incredible video, that I think was done on PBS. It has interviews with people who were patients there, and their children. And then you can do a self-guided tour.
Homeland Security uses the place now, so there will be Fed peaux-peaux at the gate.
It was started by some nuns from NOLA after the Civil War. When they bought the patients down from NOLA by boat, the Captain had the patients stay on the very last barge. Just think the Leper colony in Ben Hur. That's how people were treated until the last hundred years or so.
What really helped to change people's attitude, was that so many people from "nice" families got it. One was the wife of a high ranking US military officer serving in the Philippines. These people had connections, who helped to erase the stigma of leprosy.
It was also remarkable, the number of healthy spouses who went there to be with their sick partner. Many refused to be separated.
Really one of the most fascinating places I've ever visited.
LINK /
I know they don't have escorted tours everyday, maybe the 1st Saturday of the month.
But you can watch an incredible video, that I think was done on PBS. It has interviews with people who were patients there, and their children. And then you can do a self-guided tour.
Homeland Security uses the place now, so there will be Fed peaux-peaux at the gate.
It was started by some nuns from NOLA after the Civil War. When they bought the patients down from NOLA by boat, the Captain had the patients stay on the very last barge. Just think the Leper colony in Ben Hur. That's how people were treated until the last hundred years or so.
What really helped to change people's attitude, was that so many people from "nice" families got it. One was the wife of a high ranking US military officer serving in the Philippines. These people had connections, who helped to erase the stigma of leprosy.
It was also remarkable, the number of healthy spouses who went there to be with their sick partner. Many refused to be separated.
Really one of the most fascinating places I've ever visited.
LINK /
Posted on 4/1/14 at 7:49 am to thetempleowl
The older buildings would be a fantastic set for a horror movie. I don't think they use them anymore.
The National Guard has a lot out behind it.
The National Guard has a lot out behind it.
This post was edited on 4/1/14 at 7:51 am
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