Public Examination of Lepers
Nine lepers were exhibited in New York City one night recently for public examination at a gathering of physicians. New York physicians declare that the public is prejudiced against lepers, and that the attitude of the people in regard to leprosy has not advanced since the Middle Ages. Editorially the Woman's National Daily remarks: "Well, how about the physicians? Has their attitude, so far as knowledge goes, advanced during the centuries? Do they know any more about the treatment of leprosy than did the practitioners in the ancient days? or if they do, can they cure leprosy? And isn't it somewhat presumptuous on the part of the doctors to talk about educating the public away from the hysterical attitude toward this dreaded malady until they have something to offer in the line of a cure?"