3,298 matches out of all 3,298, 2,671 to 2,700 displayed.
| 1950 | In 1950, Dr Yao The Chang was appointed the Leonard Wood Memorial Fellow in Pharmacology and given facilities at the Institute of Experimental Biology and Medicine, National Institutes of Health. The principal work included the screening of drugs for trial in leprosy and efforts to cultivate Mycobacterium leprae in mouse monocytes "Appendix 1 Important Dates and Events in the Scientific Program of the Leonard Wood Memorial" in Forty Years of Leprosy Research: History of the Leonard Wood Memorial (American Leprosy Foundation) 1928 to 1967 by Esmond R Long (Washington DC: Office of the Medical Director, Leonard Wood Memorial, 1967) [Organisation] |
| 1950 | In 1950 the first issue of the Leonard Wood Memorial's monthly publication Leprosy Briefs appeared. During 1950-1962 this carried information on scientific progress in leprosy to 2,500 medical and lay workers in leprosy throughout the world "Appendix 1 Important Dates and Events in the Scientific Program of the Leonard Wood Memorial" in Forty Years of Leprosy Research: History of the Leonard Wood Memorial (American Leprosy Foundation) 1928 to 1967 by Esmond R Long (Washington DC: Office of the Medical Director, Leonard Wood Memorial, 1967) [Organisation] |
| 1950 | In 1950, Dr Doull convened a meeting in New York of leading pharmacologists from United States universities and pharmaceutical manufacturing companies to discuss ways and means of undertaking large scale studies of drugs for the treatment of leprosy "Appendix 1 Important Dates and Events in the Scientific Program of the Leonard Wood Memorial" in Forty Years of Leprosy Research: History of the Leonard Wood Memorial (American Leprosy Foundation) 1928 to 1967 by Esmond R Long (Washington DC: Office of the Medical Director, Leonard Wood Memorial, 1967) [Organisation] |
| 1950 | In Quensland, it was planned to transfer the lazaret at Peel Island to the mainland: "Transfer of Leprosarium – At Burpengary, about 26 miles north of Brisbane, land has been resumed for the site of a new leprosarium. This institution will be equipped with all modern amenities for patients, including individual dormitory apartments for single patients and flats or cottages for married patients and families. The new site will be easy of access for patients, visitors, and staff, and will permit of rapid transfer of patients to the specialist facilities available at Wattlebrae, the infectious diseases section of the Brisbane General Hospital. Every effort is being made to hasten the completion of this important project.” (Vincent F B Lennon, Medical Officer “Hansen’s Disease (Leprosy)”Health Department Annual Report extract: 1950-51) [Epidemiology] [Australasia] |
| 1950 | Sulphones, for choice DDS, are used, but “It is interesting to note that the use of hydnocarpus oil has increased co-incidentally with the extended use of the new synthetic preparations.” Leprosy settlements are being expanded and new sites sought for in W. Buganda. Government and African Local Government expenditure in grants for settlements reached £15,326 (Anti-Leprosy Measures in the Uganda Protectorate, 1824-51) in “Leprosy Incidence and Control in East Africa, 1924-1952 and the Outlook” by Leonard Rogers, Leprosy Review 25.1 (1954): 41-59 [Treatment, Organisation, People, Epidemiology] [Africa, Uganda] |
| 1950 | In 1950, the Provincial Branch of the Indian Council of BELRA, which had been working in the field of leprosy for 14 years, was formally dissolved, and the Orissa branch of Hind Kusht Nivaran Sangh was formed. This State Branch was affiliated to the central body of Hind Kust Nivaran Sangh (Indian Leprosy Association), New Delhi. HKNS has been playing a central role in the field of leprosy since the National Leprosy Control programme started in the country in 1954-55. HKNS was the nodal agency through which the Government used to implement activites where there was limited infrastructure available. Once the infrastructure was established, the HKNS was given the responsibility for managing the leprosy homes and hospitals or colonies in the State of Orissa. [Organisation, Other] [India] |
| 1950 | Promin introduced into Cape Verde. A Loretti, and D Garbellini, 'Leprosy in the Cape Verde Islands', Leprosy Review (1981), 52: 337-48, p. 338. [Treatment] [Africa] |
| 1950 | Kenya: In 1950, in Kenya, good results from the use of sulphones were reported within 17 months for the non-infective and mild tuberculoid and early “indeterminate” cases. Infective lepromatous cases also showed great improvement. The report for this year added that “There now seems to be little doubt that leprosy can be controlled, and possibly even eradicated, provided the necessary finance can be made available.” Three leprosaria were required, each under a full-time medical officer. (Leonard Rogers, "Leprosy Incidence and Control in East Africa, 1924-1952 and the Outlook" Leprosy Review 25.1 (1954): 41-59) [Treatment, People, Epidemiology] [Africa, Kenya] |
| 1950 | Tanzania: 2 surveys by Dr James Ross Innes, published in the East African Medical Journal 26 (1949): 199 and 27 (1950): 459, gave an average prevalence rate of 18.1 per 1000, or 100,000 for the whole population. Source: HW White, "Leprosy Control in Tanzania", Lep Rev, 40.4 (1969): 217-222. [Epidemiology] [Africa, Tanzania] |
| 1950 | Norway: 11 cases. Source: RG Cochrane, "Leprosy in Scandinavia", Leprosy Review, 24.1 (1953): 5-7. [Epidemiology] [Europe, Scandinavia] |
| 1950 | 1950 - Betty Martin's autobiography, Miracle at Carville, makes the New York Times best-seller list. (Daughters of Charity, West Central Province Archives, “Record Group 11-2, Records of the National Hansen’s Disease Programs, Carville, Louisiana, Marillac Provincialate, St. Louis, Missouri”) [People, Publication] [Carville, North America] |
| 1950 | Malaysia: the research unit of the National Leprosy Control Centre (NLCC) was established. Source: P. Jayalakshmi, "Leprosy in Malaysia", Malays J Pathol., 16.1 (1994): 7-9. [Other] [Malaysia] |
| 1950 | CarvilleBetty Martin's autobiography, Miracle at Carville, hits the New York Times best-sellers list. (http://bphc.hrsa.gov/nhdp/HISTORY_MAIN_PAGE.htm) [Leprosarium] [USA] |
| 1950 | McKean Leprosy Hospital Segregated patient care had been the policy thus far, and was provided at the Centre, and in the resettlement villages. But with the advent of DDS, the possibility of treatment and cure from the disease became a reality, even though therapy was advocated as needing to be lifelong. Patients still at the Centre (now named McKean Leprosy Hospital since 1949) began to improve and some were able to go home. However, stigma and fear prevailed in the attitudes of many and the number of residents at the Hospital steadily increased, reaching a peak of just over 1000 by 1969. Some more resettlement villages were formed during these years, mainly brought on by a policy dispute amongst some of the leaders of the work.There was improvement in the quality of life for the patients, with spiritual nurture and useful employment being provided. Various vocational activities helped. Many patients became very skillful in handcrafts and agricultural projects. Other more disabled workers lived and worked at McKean in various types of sheltered workshops, producing woodcarvings, lacquerware, sewing and embroidery items, or involved in a McKean vocational training centre for furniture making and printing. Dr Trevor Smith (McKean Rehab Center, Chiangmai, Nth Thailand) [Leprosarium] [Siam] |
| 1950 | Xiaowang Island leprosariumBuilding of the leprosarium was completed in June, 1950. It had 100 beds. Source: Professor Jiang Cheng (Compiler), "A Schedule of the Leprosy Hospitals and Clinics: Preliminary Investigation in China" Department for the Prevention of Epidemic Diseases, Ministry of Health, China (April 1951). [Leprosarium] [China] |
| 1951 | WHO - classify the population rather than the disease. It is to be viewed not as a disease apart, but within the framework of public health - recommendation of intensive outpatient sulfone treatment - focus on education (Gussow 225) [Treatment] |
| 1951 | Gandhi Memorial Leprosy Foundation, SET pattern of work. (Dongre, ILA History Workshop, July 2000) [People] [India] |
| 1951 | 901 patients were registered at the Colónia Rovisco Pais Hospital, Portugal [Other] [Europe] |
| 1951 | Estimated leprosy cases in India - 1.3 million. (Independent Evaluation of NLEP - June, 1955) [Epidemiology] [India] |
| 1951 | In 1951, two years after the foundation of New China, Shandong provincial government allocated considerable funds for the repair of the existing five leprosaria [Jinan, Yanzhou, Qingdao, and Qingzhou]. The number of beds increased from 200 to 1050. [Other] [China] |
| 1951 | In 1951 Born of Those Years was published by Perry Burgess, the President of the Leonard Wood Memorial "Appendix 1 Important Dates and Events in the Scientific Program of the Leonard Wood Memorial" in Forty Years of Leprosy Research: History of the Leonard Wood Memorial (American Leprosy Foundation) 1928 to 1967 by Esmond R Long (Washington DC: Office of the Medical Director, Leonard Wood Memorial, 1967) [Organisation] |
| 1951 | From 1951-1956, J A Doull was appointed the investigator for the Veterans Administration contract for the clinical evaluation studies in leprosy "Appendix 1 Important Dates and Events in the Scientific Program of the Leonard Wood Memorial" in Forty Years of Leprosy Research: History of the Leonard Wood Memorial (American Leprosy Foundation) 1928 to 1967 by Esmond R Long (Washington DC: Office of the Medical Director, Leonard Wood Memorial, 1967) [Organisation] |
| 1951 | “The appointment of Dr M H Gabriel as Superintendent of the Peel Island Leprosarium [Queensland] followed reorganization of that institution. Dr Gabriel who, before his medical course, was an analyst in the analytical laboratory is a Government Medical Fellowship Holder. (M H Gabriel, Acting Superintendent “Hansen’s Disease (Leprosy)”Health Department Annual Report extract: 1951-52) [Other] [Australasia] |
| 1951 | Reports on the use of sulphones state that early tuberculoid cases do not respond well to sulphones, and major tuberculoid ones do best on a combination of sulphones and hydnocarpus oil, but “burnt-out” cases, with ulcers, bone changes and deformities, respond to no treatment (Anti-Leprosy Measures in the Uganda Protectorate, 1824-51) in “Leprosy Incidence and Control in East Africa, 1924-1952 and the Outlook” by Leonard Rogers, Leprosy Review 25.1 (1954): 41-59 [Treatment, Organisation, People, Epidemiology] [Africa, Uganda] |
| 1951 | Kenya: In 1951, a new leprosarium was started at Itesio, in the Nyanza province, of Kenya, with the help of an experienced Toc H lay worker supplied by BELRA. D.D.S. was giving encouraging results with remarkable freedom from toxic effects. Thiacetazone was also being tried. (Leonard Rogers, "Leprosy Incidence and Control in East Africa, 1924-1952 and the Outlook" Leprosy Review 25.1 (1954): 41-59) [Treatment, Organisation, People, Epidemiology] [Africa, Kenya] |
| 1951 | Sweden: 4 cases. Source: RG Cochrane, "Leprosy in Scandinavia", Leprosy Review, 24.1 (1953): 5-7. [Epidemiology] [Europe, Scandinavia] |
| 1951 | Sholapur District, Maharashtra, India: 151 deaths due to leprosy. Source: Maharashtra State Gazetteer: Government of Maharashtra, Sholapur District (Revised edition). Bombay Gazetteers Department, Government of Maharashtra, 1977. 1st edn 1884. 2nd edn (rev): 1977. p. 791. [Epidemiology] [India] |
| 1951 | Thane District, Maharashtra, India: 63 cases were under treatment in asylums. Source: Maharashtra State Gazetteer: Government of Maharashtra Thane District (Revised Edition). Bombay: Gazetteers Department, Government of Maharashtra, 1982. 1st edn: 1882. 2nd edn (rev) 1982, p. 897. [Epidemiology] [India] |
| 1951 | Kolhapur District, Maharashtra, India: 40 deaths from leprosy. Source: Maharashtra State Gazetteer, Kolhapur District. Bombay: Directorate of Government Printing, Stationery and Publications. Maharashtra State 1960. 1st edn. 1886. 2nd (rev) 1960, p. 784. [Epidemiology] [India] |
| 1951 | National Sanatorium Kikuchi Keifu-en (Kyushu Hospital) 国立療養所菊池恵楓園 "In 1951, Dr Kensuke Mitsuda and two other directors of state-run sanatoria testified before the House of Councillors' Public Health Committee. They said, `It is necessary to have laws which make it possible to force leprosy patients to be contained in sanatoria even if it is against their will. Sterilization is a good way to ensure that the disease will not be transmitted among family members. To escape from a sanatorium should be made a crime for patients and as such be punished.' This testimony ran totally counter to the trends of the times and served to halt the movement towards liberating the patients. When the patients heard of this testimony, they perceived it to be a massive blow against them, and angered they began to protest. The testimony of the three directors clearly indicated that those who represented the sanatoria refused to accept the new principles of the new times and were determined to persist in their pre-war opinion. It was this attitude of persistence that obstructed the effort to change the policies on Hansen's disease. As if to respond to the testimony of the three directors, plans were drawn up to construct a correctional facility for Hansen's disease patients next to the Kikuchi Keifuen Sanatorium. In spite of protests, the facility was constructed. (Ohtani 107-8)` [Leprosarium] [Japan] |