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Photograph shows a man standing among a group of mannequins.

Aerial view shows a log jam.

After hitting a home run in a T-ball game, the happy ball player gives his teammates 'five'.

Leprosy has no cure. Method of transmission is unknown. Although this disease is not a significant health factor in the United States, the American taxpayer is supporting one of the largest leprosy treatment and research programs in the world. The…

These patients are totally non-infectious and are able to enter society without anybody ever suspecting that they have leprosy. These patients live in a cottage on hospital grounds and show no clinical signs of leprosy. The car salesman thought the…

Up until 1971, no animal had successfully been inoculated with M. leprae. To date, the mycobacterium still has not been cultured in vitro. Leprosy is a mystery. Armadillos provide the only non-human source of the mycobacterium for leprosy…

Patients feel much of the surgery done here is experimental. 'We're the highest paid guinea pigs in the world.' Companionship makes it tolerable for some.

In order to receive free government quarters, married couples must both be patients. They want children, but the predictions for offspring are medically uncertain.

Born within 40 miles of Carville, Louis is from one of the few endemic areas in the U.S.. The other endemic areas are Miami, due to the Cubans and Puerto Ricans, New York, due to the Puerto Ricans, Texas due to the Mexicans and Orientals. The…

When drunk, he talks mostly of suicide.