Room for the Leper! Room! Because of the fear of contracting Leprosy by contact with a sufferer, lepers were considered unclean and isolated in Leper Hospitals. Engraving c1870.

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Room for the Leper! Room! Because of the fear of contracting Leprosy by contact with a sufferer, lepers were considered unclean and isolated in Leper Hospitals. Engraving c1870.

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