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Documentary: The story of the Swiss dentist who cared for Spinalonga’s leprosy patients

"Through such trials, the human soul is sculpted into something beautiful," a patient once told Swiss dentist Julien Grivel, who dedicated 26 years of his life to treating leprosy patients free of charge at Agia Varvara Infectious Diseases Hospital in Athens

CDC issues leprosy warning for people making Florida travel plans

Leprosy has been historically uncommon in the United States, but has more than doubled in the South over the last 10 years