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Pacific Press Publishing Company · MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA · Nov 14, 1906

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 32, No. 44.

Dr. Plumacher’s Studies of Leprosy

Dr. Eugene H. Plumacher, American consul at Maracaibo, Venezuela, has devoted a lifetime study to leprosy, and has come to the conclusion that this dread disease is not contagious, but is to a great degree hereditary. He has given personal attention to lepers afflicted in the most revolting form, and believes that the disease is curable. One of the special remedies used by him is the tuatua plant. His investigations have been among people having both classes of the disease, the dry class, as well as the wet or soft leprosy, where the parts rot away. The most of his experiments have been at his own expense.