Correspondence regarding leprosy, 1887-1894.

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Correspondence regarding leprosy, 1887-1894.

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Letters, primarily from physicians and addressed mainly to Franklin Staples and Charles N. Hewitt, president and secretary of the state Board of Health, regarding suspected incidences of leprosy in Minnesota and the condition of the state's approximately 20 known lepers. The principal correspondent is Chr. Gronvold of Norway, Minnesota, who was charged with monitoring and reporting on the disease. His annual reports on leprosy in Minnesota, periodic reports of investigations, occasional detailed questionnaires on individual cases, and lists of known lepers in the state are included in the correspondence.

5 folders in partial box.

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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Minnesota. Dept. of Health.

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The Health Facility Advisory Council was established in 1951 as the Health Facility Advisory Board [Minn. Laws 1951 c304 s9]. It was changed to council in 1975 [Minn. Laws 1975 c234]. Consisting of nine members representing the state's hospitals, homes for chronic convalescent patients, doctors, county welfare boards, and the commissioner of the health (and later, public welfare) department, the council assisted in the development and revision of rules that set the minimum standards for Minnesot...

Staples, Franklin, 1833-1904.

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Hewitt, Charles N. (Charles Nathaniel), 1835-1910

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Charles Nathaniel Hewitt was born June 3, 1836 at Vergennes, Vermont, the son of Dr. Henry and Althea (Brush) Hewitt. Shortly after his birth, the family moved to Potsdam, New York, where he was instructed in medicine by his father. He was sent to an academy in Cheshire, Connecticut, prior to enrolling at Geneva Grammar School in New York. In 1853 he was admitted to Boart College in Geneva, New York. After graduating from Hobart in 1856, he entered Albany Medical College, graduating...