If you missed Virtual History Happy Hour featuring NPR’s correspondent Pam Fessler discuss her book Carville’s Cure: Leprosy, Stigma, and The Fight for Justice then you are in luck because you can watch it right here on our YouTube channel! Learn about Carville Hospital in Louisiana that was open from 1894-1999, the first leprosarium in the continental United States.
NPR’s Correspondent Pam Fessler talks about the little known story of a U.S. government leprosarium in Carville, Louisiana, where thousands of Americans were confined, often against their will and for the rest of their lives. The patients — including Fessler’s husband’s grandfather — were the victims of the centuries-old stigma surrounding leprosy, which is one of the least contagious diseases. But the Carville patients fought back and eventually regained their freedom and rights, in an inspiring story of hope and resilience.
Program moderators are Dr. Anne Savarese and Ms. Carolyn Savarese. Dr. Savarese is the former division chief of Pediatric Anesthesiology at the University of Maryland Medical Center and an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
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