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Depicted in this historic image was the interior of the Physical Therapy Room in the Carville, Louisiana Leprosarium. A staff nurse was plac
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Depicted in this historic image was the interior of the Physical Therapy Room in the Carville, Louisiana Leprosarium. A staff nurse was placed in charge of all treatments involving the electrical appliances found in this clinical setting, that were therapeutically prescribed for crippling conditions involving the hands and feet, (see PHIL #8853). The hospital was a self-contained compound with its own power plant, storehouse, patient treatment centers such as this Physical Therapy center, and a dental office, food-processing facilities, i.e., a cafeteria, and its own cemetery.
Creator:
CDC/ Elizabeth Schexnyder, National Hansen's Disease Museum, Curator
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December 3, 2012