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.„« Prnbablv a very small .luantity. if it 

 Seen made some years ago ^J ^ f;;;'°g^„,en. 



?^rs:es.^rps^^^n.a^^^t 



Tte'us^^rirall whrtSv fro'm leprosy 

 Ind ' nraLbt the cause of the d.eased 

 Conditions. We may j^f-; „ *^,- t'J,•,„*^t^hat 



-■^r^s^-SH^t^^i: 



--S:S!;eT^:^o;^osy.thepr^m 

 which .vaits our •^^'^'^X.^'l'^rto the prevalence 



kno^u as the Eoryptian disease^ „f the p"' * ''°°= 



irtrei:rra:'ipeTt^ «^^ 



reference to the disease which we now know under 

 that name There is no such thing as "leprosy of 

 the hou?e-wall " and a thanksgiving service for a 



ancient nations knew the true disease and^hey 

 ?'"^^'Taci^it™f Th': t^uth 13°^^ th-ere 



^v,1n„ No doubt the disease had prevailed m 



were remarkably multipiiea. luo There is 



however, those of great religious .eal There ,s 



large portion of it. 1 °? r-; . habits, so great 

 a great change in our fi^h-eat.ng hamt ^^.^^^^^^ 



£:rw: : pISdt Wnt "ests of the trade 



improved and also inab Lnr ='' ,;„„j Tf ;= of 

 \h^ fl,h fasts had somewhat declined. It is oi 



leper home the disease nev difference 



hold in the 'nterior of f»^^'^^J c^^,.,^ and 

 ?rr„fB^m'e s tl afthl former forbids the eating 

 of fi-h afwell as of flesh. Having protested that 



no"m En. llnd and many other countries through 

 from '^'■'g'^^^f ,. homes acting as means of 



the agency °f'''^7the prevention of contagion, 

 segregation and by tnep candour or to 



^r'nirned out In many instances there were 

 ^^^^^^^es^pe^an^the^^we. 



other inmates bes.des ^epers an. . „ .„^^.^^^ ,^ 

 partly P°<''-^°'t,riu^i£ \\sitors were freely 



t^J^nToi;^" ?;SL^';U"not-the means 



