Leprosy a House-Disease

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Aug 13, 1912

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 31.

Leprosy a House-Disease

Leprosy a House-Disease.—According to the Journal of the Medical Association, eighteen states and the District of Columbia reported 146 cases of leprosy in this country in 1911. The next year 278 cases were discovered, 145 of which were foreign born; 186 were reported as having contracted the disease in this country; only 72 cases were isolated. Only three states make specific provision for lepers—California, Louisiana, and Massachusetts. There are 28 known lepers in Porto Rico and thousands in the Philippines. One thing of interest here is that it has been shown in the Philippines that leprosy is a "house-disease." But 1,500 years before Christ it was told in Lev. 14:33-53, in the laws of Moses, that leprosy is a "house-disease," and that if the house could not be thoroly cleansed, it should be destroyed. The Bible is a wonderfully up-to-date book.