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jun 5, 1921 - Carville Leprosarium

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The U.S Public Health Service founded the Gillis W. Long Hansen’s Disease Center in Carville, Louisiana. It later turned into a research center and testing to find a cure for leprosy, but patients still lived there

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jun 5, 1921
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~ 104 years ago