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leprosarium [lep′rōser′ē·əm] Etymology: Gk, lepra, leprosy a hospital for persons who have leprosy. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In China Jan visited a remote leper colony and showed the family of a 29-year old paraplegic with pressure sores and no catheter how to use charcoal to reduce the urine odour in the one room family home. As Roger Stone once noted, being the low cost producer just makes you the healthiest leper in the leper colony. Moving through mountainous, watery, parched, and snowy landscapes, they meet many people, try to make out with any attractive female who seems willing (though Alberto is much more of a satyr than Ernesto), deal with their own exhaustion and illnesses (Ernesto has severe asthma and at one point almost dies), see many sights, including Machu Picchu, and wind up at a Peruvian leper colony where their medical skills are gratefully accepted by both staff and patients. |
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