PSYA01H3 Lecture Notes - Elisa, Leper Colony, Father Damien
25 Nov 2012
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Leprosy decreased in europe during the 14th and 15th and increased throughout the. Middle ages bark the beginning of huge expansion of activities dedicated to exploration and colonization of land. It has been stated that men under the command of columbus introduced leprosy into. The first case of leprosy in colombia were among the spanish. D. pedro alegre found the san lazarus hospital in havana and on 27th july 1677, the king of spain-phillip 1v, said that any person with leprosy would be isolated in this hospital. The first mention of this disease in brazil was in 1696, introduced by portuguese and possibly the africans. Africana slave trade was a major factor responsible for the development of leprosy in the western hemisphere. Leprosy was introduced into louisiana by french canadians (arcadians) who were expelled by canada by the british in 1755 (during the war). Arcadians were deported to nova scotia and migrated to west indies and louisiana.
