Leprosy in India : a report / by T.R. Lewis and D.D. Cunningham.

  • Lewis, T. R. (Timothy Richards), 1841-1886.
Date:
1877
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Leprosy in India : a report / by T.R. Lewis and D.D. Cunningham. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

    79/88 (page 65)
    The chief interest connected with these figures lies in the fact that they appear to supply a ^<^°^ ^^^^^^j^^^^°y.^^^^/_^^^^^^f means of, in a great decree, ex- to follow tte female line of descent. -, . . n n • • i ii plammg, for this country at ail events, the apparent preference of the disease to follow the female line of descent. The tendency to follow the female line is possibly, liowever, also, partially due in many districts, such as Kumaun, to the greater frequency of the tubercu- lated form of leprosy among males than females—that form usually appearing at an earlier age than the antesthetic. Returning to the question of increase in the leper popu- lation, we must, in order to arrive in^iS^ PoJStion'''^'^ at any definite conclusion, en- deavour to obtain further in- formation as to the number of children born in other leper families and the proportion of them who become leprous. The only data at our disposal in the present instance con- sist of those furnished by the family history of those of the lepers whose parents were leprous. Seventeen such cases exist, and the particulars of these are embodied below : — TABLE 23.—I'adle showing the number of Children and of Leprous Chil- dren in 17 Families in which one or both Parents were leprous. No. Parents. No. of children. No. of leprous children. 1 Both. , 10 5 2 )} 3 1 '6 }) 4 1 4 >> 7 4 5 Father. 2 1 6 }} 5 1 7 5 1 8 Mother. 3 2 9 2 2 10 » 3 2 11 }} 4 ] 12 }) 2 1 13 }} 2 1 14 )) 4 1 15 )3 2 1 16 » 6 1 17 )} 4 1 17 21 6S 27 1