THE following, which appeared among press dispatches of recent date, is, if true, a remarkable tribute to the efficacy of strict cleanliness and faithful, persevering observance of sanitary laws, in overcoming disease:— NEW ORLEANS, May 24.—For the first time in history, it is said, a leper will be ordered from a lazaretto completely cured. This week the Louisiana lepers’ home at Indian Camp will discharge one of its patients, a creole boy, a native of New Orleans, aged fifteen, who has been afflicted with leprosy for four years, and who has been under treatment at Indian Camp for nearly two years. When he went to the asylum, his body was the color of coffee, and was covered with leprous ulcers; his face was blotched, puckered up with open sores; he had no eyebrows nor eyelashes. Now he is clean to look at; his face is clear, with a slight touch of color; his eyebrows and eyelashes have grown, his eye is clear instead of glassy, and he has regained control of his facial muscles. Five more patients are on the road to recovery, and will be discharged within a year. It is said that the treatment which has caused such results is nothing new, but simply the persistent application of the treatment used for leprosy since the world began. The only difference is that in the Louisiana home the disease has been treated steadily, systematically, and constantly. Absolute cleanliness, pure food, and pleasant surroundings as far as possible are provided.