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On Jan. 3, 1865, the Kingdom of Hawaii, then a sovereign state, enacted “An Act to Prevent the Spread of Leprosy.” Any person suspected of having the ancient disease – which is mentioned as far back ...

Stricken with leprosy as a teenager, Harada was torn from his family and banished to this isolated peninsula on the island of Molokai to die. Today, Harada, 76, is one of the last 40 elderly patients ...

For 100 years, sufferers of leprosy were banished to Molokai, the part of Hawaii that even today is referred to as the "last island" for its lack of development. John Tayman chronicles the paranoia ...

Father Damien de Veuster was a Belgian priest who subjected himself to leprosy to minister to the lepers’ colony on the island of Molokai, Hawaii. He lived from 1840-89. (Courtesy Photo) Jozef de ...

WHEN I first flew over Molokai, the old battleground of Father Damien, and heard the airline stewardess say, “The Hansen’s disease settlement,” as she pointed down to the peninsula of Kalaupapa, I ...

Since biblical times the fear of disease has meant more to no other disease than leprosy. It attacks the nerves and skin with disfiguring results. Though not highly communicable, lepers were long ...

(THE CONVERSATION) On Jan. 3, 1865, the Kingdom of Hawaii, then a sovereign state, enacted 'œAn Act to Prevent the Spread of Leprosy.'ť Any person suspected of having the ancient disease '“ which is ...

John Tayman's book The Colony tells the story of Molokai, the slice of Hawaiian paradise that was turned into an infamous 19th century leper... 'The Colony' Details Molokai's Painful History RENEE ...