leper colony
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place to quarantine people with leprosy
Research
319 papers- Hatibari Leper Colony.Nursing times · 1965
- Nigerian leper colony.Medical world · 1959
- LEPER colony in England.Nursing times · 1948
- [Leper colony. 1. Manrei-san].Kangogaku zasshi · 1979
- The Physician's Prayer.The American journal of medicine · 2019
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- Leper colonies
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- leprosy
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- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
Spinalonga on Crete, Greece, one of the last leprosy colonies in Europe, closed in 1957
A leper colony, also known by many other names, is an isolated community for the quarantining and treatment of lepers, people suffering from leprosy.
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