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LEPROSY ALL BUT CONQUERED by a member of the W.H.O. Leprosy Panel
Final victory is within the world's grasp, but misconceptions, emotions, and the dead hand of tradition have barred the way to scientific progress and are holding up co-ordinated research. Leprosy is still thought of in terms of ignominy and shame and its victims are too often dubbed as ' lepers.'