They Clean to Cure. Leper children at the Bibanga Leper Camp remove and clean the seeds from the precious fruit of the Chaulmoogra oil trees. It's a messy job but the lepers cherish the trees whose oil is the principal medicine used in the direct treatment of leprosy and even the children are eager to help in the harvest.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

They Clean to Cure. Leper children at the Bibanga Leper Camp remove and clean the seeds from the precious fruit of the Chaulmoogra oil trees. It's a messy job but the lepers cherish the trees whose oil is the principal medicine used in the direct treatment of leprosy and even the children are eager to help in the harvest.

Associated Press · [ca. October 1939]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Leprosy

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