In 1879, Albert Neisser, one of Robert Koch's pupils, visited Bergen to study leprosy. |
They prefer their disease to be called Hansen's disease not leprosy, and the disease can be easily cured. |
On the other hand, smallpox has been eradicated, sleeping sickness has become rare, and polio and leprosy are under control. |
Programmes to control leprosy, hepatitis and dengue fever are vividly shown. |
The most severe form of leprosy produces large disfiguring nodules, or lumps. |
Cures using herbs for diseases such as fever, jaundice, dropsy and leprosy are enumerated. |