A healing touch A healing touch

Uniform Title(s): Healing touch (American Leprosy Missions) Contributor(s): Riber, John, filmmaker Riber, Louise, filmmaker American Leprosy Missions, presenter, issuing body. University of Iowa. Motion Picture Unit, production company. Publication: Bloomfield, N.J. : ALM, American Leprosy Missions, [1981] Language(s): English Format: Moving image Subject(s): Leprosy -- prevention & control Leprosy -- drug therapy Leprostatic Agents Community Health Services Religious Missions India Genre(s): Documentaries and Factual Films Access: Resource cannot be viewed online. Viewing copy available on-site only. Abstract: This film, presented by American Leprosy Missions, focuses on the work of the Schieffelin Leprosy Research and Training Center in Karigari, India. The causes, symptoms, and effects of leprosy are described, and various people who have suffered from and are being treated for the disease are shown. The most common drug used to fight leprosy is diaminodiphenyl sulfone (DDS), though newer drugs are being tested. Patients are educated by the center's workers on how to best take care of themselves, and ongoing tests are administered to determine the course of each individual's treatment. Copyright: This item may be under copyright protection. Please ask copyright owner for permission before publishing. Copyright Information: American Leprosy Missions; Source: Item; Research date: 20180312 Extent: 023 min. Color: Color Credits: Narration by Dick Lee ; sound engineers, Steve Henke, Jon Weistead. Provenance: Transfer; National Hansen's Disease Program; 20060221; 2006-01. Technique: Live action NLM Unique ID: 101722758 (See catalog record) OCLC no.: 1050912955 Permanent Link: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101722758