Greek Reporter9d
Abandoned Leper Colony of Chios to Be Restored
The abandoned leper colony of Chios is to be renovated and become a focal point in the history of the Greek island.
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A young Black scientist discovered a pivotal leprosy treatment in the 1920s − but an older colleague took the credit
Impressed by her master’s thesis on the chemistry of the kava plant, Dr. Harry Hollmann with the Leprosy Investigation Station of the U.S. Public Health Service in Hawaii recruited Ball.
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Persistence pays off in cross-team collaboration on Catholic saints and Hawaii’s leprosy colony
resulting in a tale of the widespread devotion to two Catholic saints who cared for patients banished to Hawaii’s leprosy colony. Persistence is the one-word theme of this stunning project by Hawaii’s ...