Leprosy Myths

Leprosy Myths

Constant Wonder • Season 2022, Episode 925

Mar 23, 2021 • 53m

A cure for leprosy was found at the only leprosy colony in the United States. How one doctor deliberately ingested a disease to disprove myths about it.

Episode Segments

A Prison and a Haven: America's Only Leprosy Colony

A Prison and a Haven: America's Only Leprosy ColonyMar 23, 202133mLeprosy has long been characterized as a highly contagious, skin-rotting scourge. Turns out the disease is much less infectious that we assume.

Leprosy has long been characterized as a highly contagious, skin-rotting scourge. Turns out the disease is much less infectious that we assume.

Filth Parties Dispelled Disease Myths

Filth Parties Dispelled Disease MythsMar 23, 202120mDiscovering that pellagra, a rampant epidemic in the South a century ago, was not infectious but diet-related.

Discovering that pellagra, a rampant epidemic in the South a century ago, was not infectious but diet-related.

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