Leprosy
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Leprosy, sometimes known as Hansen's disease, is an infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae, an aerobic, acid fast, rod-shaped mycobacterium.
 Medieval leper bell |
 Richard of Wallingford his face disfigured by leprosy |
 Cranium deformed by leprosy |
 Deformed bones from a leper's feet |
 Cutaneous lesions of leprosy in hand |
 Cutaneous lesions of leprosy in thigh |
 Ziehl-Nielsen stain of Mycobacterium leprae |
 24 year old man from Norway, suffering from leprosy |
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 Ghandi studying leprosy |
