Explore: Culion Leper Colony

The Culion leper colony is a former leprosarium located on Culion, an island in the Palawan province of the Philippines. It was established by the U.S

transferred the jurisdiction and control of Culion from the Municipality of Coron, reserving the same as a leper colony and a government stock farm. On May 27

A leper colony, also known by many other names, is an isolated community for the quarantining and treatment of lepers, people suffering from leprosy.

20 million pesos. The US territorial administration also issued Culion leper colony coinage between 1913 and 1930. When the Philippines became a U.S

are 90% silver. The Culion leper colony was established in May 1906 by the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands in Culion Island, Palawan. It

(later copper-nickel) coins were minted in Manila for use in the Culion leper colony of the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands (then under the

on horseback literally stumbles into a leper colony in India. 1909 — Jack London published "Koolau the Leper" in his Tales of Hawai'i about Molokai and

Palawan once known as a major leper colony. Three women afflicted with leprosy live a life of stigmatization in Culion at a time when the disease is considered

Culion, Philippines, June 8, 1968) was an American medical doctor notable for his work on leprosy. He served as Medical Director of the Culion leper colony

of malaria. In 1925, Dorothy Wade, wife of the head doctor at the Culion leper colony, and fundraiser Perry Burgess created a charitable committee that