Carville, Louisiana, was a leper colony.

[elehhhhna]

...are you even surprised?

[Dr.Phool]

1. Does leprosy twist your mind, and cause your hair to fall out?

I'm, just curious because my hair hasn't fallen out yet.

[elehhhhna]

4. No, neither. Now I feel guilty b/c don't want to offend any people w/ Hansen's.

[BlueGirlRedState]

2. Just surprised that you're surprised

BTW, now it's called Hansen's Disease.

[elehhhhna]

3. I know. I'm reading a history of the Colony on Molokai, HI, and it

mentioned Carville.

For the record, Hansen's Disease is no big deal now -- easily treated once medical science figured out bacteria (!) IIRC it's still untreated in some poverty-stricken countries.

[jwirr]

8. It is also important to recognize that what was once called leprosy

was any skin problem that left a permanent rash. The dry skin on my elbows would have once been called leprosy.

[elehhhhna]

12. it was misdiagnosed due to hysteria and people w/ excema were

ostracized and victmized.

[alfredo]

7. Named after that boy band?

[LSK]

5. is there some context or story that I am not aware of???

:shrug:

[MonkeyFunk]

9. just that Carville supported Clinton

and somehow we're supposed to tie that to leprosy.

Just more of the hate expressed daily for Clinton and her supporters here.

[elehhhhna]

14. carville was no friend to us well before he embarassed hisself fer Hillary.

[RB TexLa]

6. Gillis Long Hansen's Disease Center is still there and operating

There isn't a "was" as you put it.

[KoKo]

10. Unless you can give a "Link" to what you declare...I consider you a TROLL!

Kind of disgustint to throw this crap out there...even if we here don't like Carville...it doesn't mean that posting a ZINGER without any LINK get's you some "Cred's" here. :puke:

[elehhhhna]

13. here's my link:

google.com

[musette_sf]

11. you are correct.

i read "Miracle at Carville" when i was a kid. i suspect this is long out of print, so perhaps this is why more people aren't aware of the treatment center that was there for Hansen's Disease patients.