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Containing Infection and Rebellion at Panama’s Palo Seco Leprosarium

By Caroline Lieffers

When the United States of America took control of the Panama Canal Zone in 1904, there were widespread reports of about a dozen people with Hansen’s disease—more often called leprosy—living in seclusion on the outskirts of Panama City.

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