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TROPICAL SKIN DISEASES IN THE WEST INDIES

TROPICAL SKIN DISEASES IN THE WEST INDIES This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract To the Editor:— During the month of March, I had the opportunity to take a cruise in the West Indies and to visit twelve ports in the tropics. Although my trip was taken primarily for recreation, I made some inquiries about a few diseases which may be of interest to my dermatologic colleagues.On a cruise of this kind it would have been possible to see approximately 1,000 lepers, by making a special effort and by sacrificing some of the usual sight-seeing. The large number of patients (258) were in the leprosarium in La Guayra, the port of Caracas, Venezuela. Other special hospitals for lepers with their respective numbers of patients were as follows: Rincon, Cuba (near Havana), 189; Spanish Town, Jamaica, 120; Panama, 75; Trinidad (on an island about 15 miles from Port of Spain), 150; Barbados (near Bridgetown), 156, and Porto Rico, 50, making a total of 998. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology American Medical Association

TROPICAL SKIN DISEASES IN THE WEST INDIES

Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology , Volume 16 (1) – Jul 1, 1927

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Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1927 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
ISSN
0096-6029
DOI
10.1001/archderm.1927.02380010066009
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Abstract

This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract To the Editor:— During the month of March, I had the opportunity to take a cruise in the West Indies and to visit twelve ports in the tropics. Although my trip was taken primarily for recreation, I made some inquiries about a few diseases which may be of interest to my dermatologic colleagues.On a cruise of this kind it would have been possible to see approximately 1,000 lepers, by making a special effort and by sacrificing some of the usual sight-seeing. The large number of patients (258) were in the leprosarium in La Guayra, the port of Caracas, Venezuela. Other special hospitals for lepers with their respective numbers of patients were as follows: Rincon, Cuba (near Havana), 189; Spanish Town, Jamaica, 120; Panama, 75; Trinidad (on an island about 15 miles from Port of Spain), 150; Barbados (near Bridgetown), 156, and Porto Rico, 50, making a total of 998.

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Archives of Dermatology and SyphilologyAmerican Medical Association

Published: Jul 1, 1927

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