RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 BC's "Island of death" marked a sad chapter in Canada's medical history
JF Canadian Medical Association Journal
JO CMAJ
FD Canadian Medical Association
SP 951
OP 952
VO 152
IS 6
A1 P. Johnston
YR 1995
UL http://www.cmaj.ca/content/152/6/951.abstract
AB Although the first case of leprosy in Canada was detected in 1815 in New Brunswick, the saddest chapter concerning the disease's history in Canada did not open until the late 1800s when leprosy was discovered among Chinese migrant workers on Canada's West Coast--a chapter that was not closed until 1957. Penelope Johnston relates the story of British Columbia's "Island of Death," where lepers used to be quarantined.