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Cast Out, But Not Forgotten

Jun 14th, 2008 · NPR's Pam Fessler travels to a small town in Louisiana that was once the site of a federal hospital for people with leprosy, and where her husband's grandfather lived out his years.

Keywords: hospital · husband · Town · federal · Louisiana · grandfather · leprosy · Pam Fessler

Fear and Loathing in Hawaii: 'Colony' ****

Feb 2nd, 2006 · For 100 years, sufferers of leprosy were banished to Molokai, an untamed Hawaiian island. A new book chronicles how paranoia forced thousands of people to live in exile.

Keywords: suffering · Island · chronicles · Colony · Molokai · Hawaiian · paranoia · Loathing · Hawaii · leprosy · banished · untamed