Summary of Pam Fessler's Carville's Cure

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Book Preview: #1 In 1893, Clara Mertz arrived in New Orleans, Louisiana, as a freight train car locked in a wooden shack. She had leprosy, and her parents could no longer care for her. She came to the city with one dress, a few undergarments, and a very uncertain fate.

#2 The city of New Orleans was a breeding ground for disease, and its newspapers fueled the unease. The main newspaper, the Daily Picayune, warned readers that an Italian fruit-stand vendor and a woman running a grocery store on North Peters Street both showed signs of leprosy, but were still allowed to handle customers’ food.

#3 Kendall was sympathetic to the plight of the unfortunates, as leprosy patients were called at the time, and he went to see for himself how they were being treated. He was shocked to find that the pesthouse was nothing like he had imagined.

#4 By the late 1800s, there were fears of a leprosy pandemic, fueled by rampant anti-immigrant rhetoric. Chinese immigrants were especially suspect, as they were widely believed to be the source of the disease.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Mar 11, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669358633

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Insights on Pam Fessler's Carville's Cure

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 21

Insights from Chapter 22

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

In 1893, Clara Mertz arrived in New Orleans, Louisiana, as a freight train car locked in a wooden shack. She had leprosy, and her parents could no longer care for her. She came to the city with one dress, a few undergarments, and a very uncertain fate.

#2

The city of New Orleans was a breeding ground for disease, and its newspapers fueled the unease. The main newspaper, the Daily Picayune, warned readers that an Italian fruit-stand vendor and a woman running a grocery store on North Peters Street both showed signs of leprosy, but were still allowed to handle customers’ food.

#3

Kendall was sympathetic to the plight of the unfortunates, as leprosy patients were called at the time, and he went to see for himself how they were being treated. He was shocked to find that the pesthouse was nothing like he had imagined.

#4

By the late 1800s, there were fears of a leprosy pandemic, fueled by rampant anti-immigrant rhetoric. Chinese immigrants were especially suspect, as they were widely believed to be the source of the disease.

#5

The highly publicized death of Father Damien, a Catholic priest who contracted leprosy while working with patients on the Hawaiian island of Molokai, fueled the mistaken belief that leprosy was highly contagious.

#6

Dyer was a doctor and poet who was also a philosopher and public servant. He was raised in a Jewish family where accomplishment and service were highly valued. He wanted to help some of society’s neediest, the victims of leprosy, and he thought the best way to do that was to segregate patients in a healthy environment.

#7

On November 16, 1894, protesters filled City Hall, demanding that the new home