Men playing jong in leprosy settlement, Sarawak

Feb. 28 The Leper Settlement has its own shore where the patients may spend the money they earn at their various handicrafts. When the shop is not busy, quite often one sees shopkeeper and customers enjoying a game of jong. WINNING A WAR AGAINST LEPROSY: TOO BC WONDER OR508 GUARANTEE CURES FOR SARAWAK, New drugs being used at the Sir Charles Brooke Memorial Settlement, 13 miles from Kuching, are taking away all terror of the disease which once meant social banishment for the afflicted. In the past 10 years, a transformation in diagnosis and treatment has taken place No longer is the leper driven from home and young getting food left by relatives at pre-arranged dumps. The wonder drug Avaosulfon (Diaminodiphew tablet or injection form. Early cases are cured ar 450 cases in. the Settlement have been definitely Discharged patients are presented. with a vellum 7 the Colony's governor, at a special passing out Ceremony. has the psychological effect and the material means of getting the former leper to be accepted once again in his and tribal community. While at the Settlement, patients learn a trade, and products of their handicrafts are sold for their own benefit. The lepers are from mixed tribes, many of which have only recently been sworn enemies. Once in the Settlement, however, there is a universal brotherhood of the afflicted, They have their own orchestra, shops, classes etc, and quite often a cured leper is loath to leave when his time is up

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