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Alone No Longer: the story of a man who refused to be one of the living dead
The Texas pharmacist was not yet 32 when he was snatched from a brilliant career and glamorous social life to be hustled off to the Marine Hospital at Carville, LA. Here he was confined behind barbed wire, deprived of his vote, forbidden a telephone or the right to ride on common carriers. His crime? Mysteriously infected with Hansen’s bacillus he was one of several thousand Americans suffering from leprosy – an ancient affliction but still a contemporary problem in the U.S.
Within months of his arrival at Carville Stanley Stein (an alias chosen t protect his family from the superstitious stigma that ignorance had perpetuated through the ages) [] had founded a newspaper to fight for the right of his fellow patients to be treated as humans. That he became totally blind six years later interrupted his career only briefly. Hansen’s disease victims who today enjoy a normal life owe much to the efforts of one man – Stanley Stein.
Alone No Longer is not only the exciting and moving life story of Stanley Stein; it sums up the problems of millions of leprosy victims the world over, particularly those at Carville, the only hospital in the continental U.S. devoted exclusively to treatment of the disease. The book also pleads for better medical knowledge to fight the malady, and more social understanding for its victims.
Lawrence G. Blochman, well-known author who was Stein’s collaborator, adds a postscript to this edition detailing the dramatic developments since Stanley Stein’s death in 1967.
Within months of his arrival at Carville Stanley Stein (an alias chosen t protect his family from the superstitious stigma that ignorance had perpetuated through the ages) [] had founded a newspaper to fight for the right of his fellow patients to be treated as humans. That he became totally blind six years later interrupted his career only briefly. Hansen’s disease victims who today enjoy a normal life owe much to the efforts of one man – Stanley Stein.
Alone No Longer is not only the exciting and moving life story of Stanley Stein; it sums up the problems of millions of leprosy victims the world over, particularly those at Carville, the only hospital in the continental U.S. devoted exclusively to treatment of the disease. The book also pleads for better medical knowledge to fight the malady, and more social understanding for its victims.
Lawrence G. Blochman, well-known author who was Stein’s collaborator, adds a postscript to this edition detailing the dramatic developments since Stanley Stein’s death in 1967.
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First published January 1, 1963
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January 20, 2018
The National Institute for Hansen’s Disease is about 30 minutes from my home in Carville, LA. On a visit to the museum on site, I bought this book at the suggestion of the director (who was so knowledgeable) who knew I was interested in the history of Carville and leprosy.
The author experienced leprosy as most people did before 1950 - a life-altering, isolating, miserable, scary experience. Forced to go to Carville by a doctor who turned him in, he changed his name (to protect his family from embarrassment), lived in a dirty group home, endured painful and useless treatments for decades. And much of the story is about that, but it’s really about the endurance of the human spirit.
To pass his time at Carville, the author started a newspaper that eventually became an worldwide advocacy for a more humane treatment of those with leprosy. And the book is mainly about this journey.
He lived a long, happy (mostly), but sadly lonely life. My heart aches after reading about it.
The author experienced leprosy as most people did before 1950 - a life-altering, isolating, miserable, scary experience. Forced to go to Carville by a doctor who turned him in, he changed his name (to protect his family from embarrassment), lived in a dirty group home, endured painful and useless treatments for decades. And much of the story is about that, but it’s really about the endurance of the human spirit.
To pass his time at Carville, the author started a newspaper that eventually became an worldwide advocacy for a more humane treatment of those with leprosy. And the book is mainly about this journey.
He lived a long, happy (mostly), but sadly lonely life. My heart aches after reading about it.
November 1, 2018
A well-written, delightful, true and accurate story that leaves one entertained, informed, and inspired.
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