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re: Leprosy / Leper colonies question
Posted on 10/14/14 at 10:47 pm to gingerkittie
Posted on 10/14/14 at 10:47 pm to gingerkittie
I saw a very good doccumentary on LPB one time about the facility at carville and its residents...
seems kinda shameful that we would do that to folks, but we would do it again in a heartbeat if the situation arose...
seems kinda shameful that we would do that to folks, but we would do it again in a heartbeat if the situation arose...
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Posted on 10/14/14 at 10:58 pm to Spankum
Like the Ebola virus?
Posted on 10/14/14 at 11:08 pm to biglego
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There was a colony in Hawaii
Indeed, on the Island of Molokai. Visited the island, but not the actual colony. However, I did get to see it from a distance, and I did visit the church of St. Damien the Leper Priest.
The island is very quaint because it gets much less tourism. Everyone we met was very welcoming.
Posted on 10/14/14 at 11:16 pm to meauxjeaux2
This thread is ripe for a Papillon gif. Toussaint: How did you know I have dry leprosy, that it isn't contagious?
Papillon: I didn't.
Papillon: I didn't.
This post was edited on 10/14/14 at 11:18 pm
Posted on 10/15/14 at 1:31 am to meauxjeaux2
I worked at the HDC Research Center laboratories in '96-'98 not long after they had been moved to the LSU Vet School.
At the time I was hired after they were given a WHO grant to find a vaccine. I did research in the lab and field. I also assisted in the "animal house" where we kept the armadillos and nude mice.
I also helped keep the house full by catching and supplying it with local armadillos that I would catch. Caught them mostly on family land and the side of the road. We would inoculate them with the mycobacterium, harvest the animal when it had a high bacterial load, and then test drugs against the bacteria.
Went to Carville 4-5 times. It was a unique, serene place. Golf course and it had a large pond that residents would fish and lots of huge pecan trees
At the time I was hired after they were given a WHO grant to find a vaccine. I did research in the lab and field. I also assisted in the "animal house" where we kept the armadillos and nude mice.
I also helped keep the house full by catching and supplying it with local armadillos that I would catch. Caught them mostly on family land and the side of the road. We would inoculate them with the mycobacterium, harvest the animal when it had a high bacterial load, and then test drugs against the bacteria.
Went to Carville 4-5 times. It was a unique, serene place. Golf course and it had a large pond that residents would fish and lots of huge pecan trees
This post was edited on 10/15/14 at 1:34 am
Posted on 10/15/14 at 1:49 am to Volt
So you would agree that the best way to clean armadillo off your car is a pressure washer... at somebody else's carwash, yes? 
Serious question -
How long does leprosy stay active in a on an armadillo after it is dead?
Serious question -
How long does leprosy stay active in a on an armadillo after it is dead?
Posted on 10/15/14 at 1:54 am to yurintroubl
This volt guy was an Armadillo's worst nightmare.
Papadillo: honey I'm going get some roadkill for dinner the kids look hungry.
Mamadillo: ok honey love you.
Kisses
Papadillo never returned. Volt in the lab playing mad scientist with papadillo
Papadillo: honey I'm going get some roadkill for dinner the kids look hungry.
Mamadillo: ok honey love you.
Kisses
Papadillo never returned. Volt in the lab playing mad scientist with papadillo
This post was edited on 10/15/14 at 1:56 am
Posted on 10/15/14 at 2:37 am to FLBooGoTigs1
But I have a REAL ACTUAL HELPFUL question.Posted on 10/15/14 at 2:50 am to yurintroubl
Well DA volt is probably hitting dillas with high voltage as we speak. I am tired got less than 4 hours of sleep today. Urin where you vacationing? Sorry I got nothing for you on that Real Actual question.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 4:14 am to meauxjeaux2
There is a government clinic next to the Ochsner hospital in Baton Rouge where they are treated.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 5:03 am to meauxjeaux2
friend of mine used to trap armadillo's and sell them there, only other animal that had leprosy besides humans ....
Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:49 am to Martini
Hogshead cheese sandwich by the old leper colony sounds very tempting.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:59 am to SidetrackSilvera
There is still a museum there which is actually VERY interesting, and an older gentleman with leprosy gives the tour (as of last winter). It's free and very cool experience. Suggest everyone check it out!
Posted on 10/15/14 at 8:19 am to Rollwave034
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First, I like your style.
Second, thank you for the info. I'll check it out.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 8:26 am to meauxjeaux2
In the late 90s/early 2000's i did some work in the old Carville Leprosy dorms that was then unoccupied. the state was turning those dorm buildings into "boot camps" for kids kicked out of schools. State national guard was controlling the facility then, and what few leprosy patients were still onsite were confined to a small handful of buildings.
I remember going to the cantina to get a Coke, and there was a guy in a wheelchair with fresh bandages on hes knee with red leaking through the bandages
I never went back to the cantina after that....
EDIT: Also, after Katrina, they built a makeshift Morgue on the site to take in bodies
I remember going to the cantina to get a Coke, and there was a guy in a wheelchair with fresh bandages on hes knee with red leaking through the bandages
I never went back to the cantina after that....
EDIT: Also, after Katrina, they built a makeshift Morgue on the site to take in bodies
This post was edited on 10/15/14 at 8:28 am
Posted on 10/15/14 at 9:07 am to meauxjeaux2
I can also confirm there are a handful of lepers still at Carville. I supervised a construction project there back in 2012. It's a quaint place.
Posted on 10/17/14 at 8:01 am to meauxjeaux2
I go to Carville every so often for both accounts on site. (The Guard & NHDP) a couple months ago I was told there were about ~12 folks out there.
I just left one of their facilities off O'Neal Ln, and one of the directors was telling me they only see a 'couple hundred' patients across the country. She also says there's only been a small handful of new cases.
But anyway, that's all I got.
I just left one of their facilities off O'Neal Ln, and one of the directors was telling me they only see a 'couple hundred' patients across the country. She also says there's only been a small handful of new cases.
But anyway, that's all I got.
Posted on 10/17/14 at 8:20 am to heypaul
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I go to Carville every so often for both accounts on site. (The Guard & NHDP) a couple months ago I was told there were about ~12 folks out there.
I have a somewhat unique experience - I was at LSU ROTC before the Lousiana National Guard took over the facility. As cadets, we did a couple of field training exercises out there. My National Guard unit was one of the first to relocate out there, once the transfer was done. The hospital still operated and patients remained out there (and still do).
I believe the number was in the 40s or so (and I just don't recall, exactly) back in the early 90s - and it could ahve even been more - these were mainly people from Polynesia/Micronesia who had been brought to Carville in the 30s/40s as young children with the disease. Carville was/is the only home they've known. I assume they will stay there for the remainder of their lives.
The old hospital building complex is a unique place - they have covered walkways/breezeways, so that in the old main compound, patients could travel freely between their living quarters, cafeteria, common areas and to their appointments without being exposed to direct sunlight. The only separate building was the Chapel and it was just a very short walk from that end of the hospital complex.
This post was edited on 10/17/14 at 8:22 am
Posted on 10/17/14 at 8:21 am to meauxjeaux2
Back in high school my good friends dad was a Dr. for the Leprosy colony. We went one weekend and played at the golf course. It was half leprosy colony and half white collar prison at that time (1990-1991) Later we hung out in the game room area and there were patients playing pool. It was quite an interesting experience.
Posted on 10/17/14 at 8:49 am to donut
It still very well maintained, everything but one of the attics, it was creepy as hell. Talk about sending a cold chill down your spine......
But hey that's another thread for another day.
But hey that's another thread for another day.
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