/ humbly dedicate this little book to the Leprosy- 

 Institutions — St. Jørgen Hospital and Pleiestif- 

 telsen for Spedalske — of Bergen, the cradle of 

 scientific leprosy research, — and to the memory 

 of the eminent men. v/ho made these institutions 

 the centre of leprosy research in this country viz: 

 Dr. Danielsen and Dr. Armauer Hansen. 



