Leprosy Mailing List – April 28, 2023
Ref.: (LML) A short history of leprosy in Portugal and the establishment of the Rovisco Pais leprosy museum
From: Henk Eggens, Santa Comba Dào, Portugal
Dear colleagues,
Recently, I wrote an article about leprosy, the history of leprosy in Portugal and the opening of a leprosy museum in the old Rovisco Pais leprosarium for a Dutch weblog. See also onze website. For LML I translated this article into English.
The history of the Rovisco Pais leprosy settlement is an important reminder of the stigma and discrimination that leprosy patients have experienced in the past, but also shows how science and medicine have evolved to provide more effective and humane treatments for this disease.
With the help of the Japanese non-governmental organization Sasakawa Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) Initiative, a museum was established in some buildings of the former settlement. The museum was inaugurated on September 7, 2021. The exhibition shows the visitor life in the former leprosy settlement through objects from the past (objects, photos and documents). On March 20, 2023, the library was opened as part of the museum. The collection includes the documentation and photos of the former hospital. It includes the digital library of periodicals where publications from the former hospital are available in digital format.
Greetings from Portugal,
Henk
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Henk Eggens
LML - S Deepak, B Naafs, S Noto and P Schreuder
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