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Understandings of the nature of leprosy dictate the built environment
12016-03-27T14:48:23-07:00Marianna Mapes6544b040bd84b408df1fddd4a53375d6aaa4e41e81807plain2016-03-27T15:04:30-07:00Marianna Mapes6544b040bd84b408df1fddd4a53375d6aaa4e41eUnlike tuberculosis sanatoriums, designed to deliver a treatment regimen involving plenty of fresh air and sunlight, the leprosarium’s living quarters offered limited (if any) exposure to the outdoors, serving instead as a barrier between patients and the outside world.
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12016-03-01T10:40:55-08:00Marianna Mapes6544b040bd84b408df1fddd4a53375d6aaa4e41eResidential Quarters5Women's dormitories at Carville; image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institutemedia/Carville_dormitories.jpgplain2016-03-01T11:44:07-08:00Marianna Mapes6544b040bd84b408df1fddd4a53375d6aaa4e41e
