The last decade of the nineteenth century saw many imperialist countries worried about an invasion of leprosy by those\u00a0<\/i>who had acquired the infection in colonial possessions.<\/p>\n The face of a 13-year-old girl with leprosy. Photograph: Wellcome Library, London<\/p><\/div>\n The convocation in Berlin of the first international meeting on leprosy revealed views about the containment of leprosy by segregation.<\/p>\n The paper is written by\u00a0Shubhada S. Pandya also analyzes the roles of officials from several countries –\u00a0Albert Ashmead, Jules Goldschmidt, Edvard Ehlers, Armauer Hansen, and Phineas Abraham – in the shaping of the Berlin Conference.<\/p>\n Related articles:<\/p>\n Leprosy: a short history<\/a> \u2013 The Centre for Global Health Histories publication examines leprosy\u2019s impact on society from the medieval period up to the present day.<\/p>\n Cueto, Marcos and Puente, Jos\u00e9 Carlos de la.\u00a0Vida de leprosa<\/i>:the testimony of a woman living with Hansen\u2019s disease in the Peruvian Amazon, 1947<\/a>.\u00a0Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos<\/i>, 2003, vol.10, suppl.1, p.337-360. ISSN 0104-5970<\/p>\n Maciel, Laurinda Rosa et al.\u00a0Memories and history of Hansen\u2019s disease in\u00a0Brazil\u00a0told by witnesses (1960-2000)<\/a>.\u00a0Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos<\/i>, 2003, vol.10, suppl.1, p.308-336. ISSN 0104-5970<\/p>\n Joseph, D. George. \u201cEssentially Christian, eminently philanthropic\u201d: The Mission to Lepers in British India<\/a>. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, 2003, vol.10, suppl.1, p.247-275. ISSN 0104-5970<\/p>\n Levison, Julie H. Beyond quarantine: a history of leprosy in Puerto Rico, 1898-1930s<\/a>. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, 2003, vol.10, suppl.1, p.225-245. ISSN 0104-5970<\/p>\n Manton, John. Global and local contexts: the Northern Ogoja Leprosy Scheme, Nigeria, 1945-1960<\/a>. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, 2003, vol.10, suppl.1, p.209-223. ISSN 0104-5970<\/p>\n Obreg\u00f3n, Diana. The anti-leprosy campaign in Colombia: the rhetoric of hygiene and science, 1920-1940<\/a>. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, 2003, vol.10, suppl.1, p.179-207. ISSN 0104-5970<\/p>\n Pandya, Shubhada S. The First International Leprosy Conference, Berlin, 1897: the politics of segregation<\/a>. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, 2003, vol.10, suppl.1, p.161-177. ISSN 0104-5970<\/p>\n Hunter Smith III, Thomas. A monument to Lazarus: the leprosy hospital of Rio de Janeiro<\/a>. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, 2003, vol.10, suppl.1, p.143-160. ISSN 0104-5970<\/p>\n White, Cassandra. Carville and Curupaiti: experiences of confinement and community<\/a>. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, 2003, vol.10, suppl.1, p.123-141. ISSN 0104-5970<\/p>\n Monteiro, Yara Nogueira. Prophylaxis and exclusion: compulsory isolation of Hansen\u2019s disease patients in S\u00e3o Paulo<\/a>. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, 2003, vol.10, suppl.1, p.95-121. ISSN 0104-5970<\/p>\n Benchimol, Jaime L. and S\u00e1, Magali Romero. Adolpho Lutz and controversies over the transmission of leprosy by mosquitoes<\/a>. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, 2003, vol.10, suppl.1, p.49-93. ISSN 0104-5970<\/p>\n Oliveira, Maria Leide Wand-del-Rey de et al. Social representation of Hansen\u2019s disease thirty years after the term \u2018leprosy\u2019 was replaced in Brazil<\/a>. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, 2003, vol.10, suppl.1, p.41-48. ISSN 0104-5970<\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/www.revistahcsm.coc.fiocruz.br\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/leprosy-wellcome-post.jpg\")
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