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over

china, it is but natural, that

from

the

very

pitiless fate, the patients have to undergo in their mother country, a place like Macar is sought by them, there they enjoy comparative freedom, hew

they

were not outcasts in reality, but miserable creatures, who shared in the public benevolence,

long

as

the

good days of Macar lasted. It was not earlier than 100 years after the foundatio

of this city, allowing this to have lation place

as

for back as 1520-30- that regulations

were

passed to prohibit the great flock of lepers from

проп

crowding ufor

the other

I shall rejer population.

to the only leper establishment in Macar; when

answering the XSC interrogatory.

a.

There

are

several different forms of

leprosy in Macar, not however much known.

to the Portuguese or mixed population, the Chinese