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Depicted in this historic image was the interior of the Records Room in the Carville, Louisiana Leprosarium, where the records for every pat
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Depicted in this historic image was the interior of the Records Room in the Carville, Louisiana Leprosarium, where the records for every patient who'd entered the facility were kept, including date of birth, home address, citizenship status, etc. In this particular scene, one of the "Sisters' of Charity" was in the process of filing some patient records. The Sisters were members of the leprosarium staff, and it wasn't until recently, there were 21 Sisters on staff. The first group of four Sisters of the order founded by St. Vincent de Paul, and officially named Daughters of Charity, arrived at Carville, April 27, 1896, with Sister Beatrice Hart in charge. The sisters volunteered their services, in order to nurse the sufferers of leprosy who'd sought help at the leprosarium.
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CDC/ Elizabeth Schexnyder, National Hansen's Disease Museum, Curator
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November 17, 2012