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Credit: Notes on the carbolic treatment of leprosy / by J.M. Fleming. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![ON THE CARBOLIC TREATMENT OF LEPROSY. [Reprinted from the Indian Medical Gazette.'] The black leprosy, variously styled by European writers as Elephantiasis Grsecorum, Lepra tuberculata, Lepra anses- thetica, &c., and known to the natives of India as juzdm, or rakka-piU, is generally looked upon as quite incurable. Tins, I think, is the universal opinion of the natives of this country, and that it is generally shared in by European practitioners, seems sufficiently shewn by the leprosy report of 1867. Some time ago it occurred to me to try the effects of that invaluable medicinal agent, carbolic acid, and the results have been so favourable, that I think I need not hesitate in making them generally known. The cure, as might be anticipated from the nature of the disease, is a slow one, and it is not always easy to get patients to continue long enough under treatment. I believe, however, that, with persever- ance, it will be found infallible, at least in cases that have not advanced beyond the first stage. I leave the following cases to speak for themselves, arrang- ing them in the order in which they came under treat- ment : — l.—Maddr Khdn, set. 36, Mussulman, admitted into Khandwa Dispensary, 17th March 1869.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21944039_0005.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
