lepers

That was more than I could say of myself in the United States, where the segregation of lepers is loosely enforced and where I have repeatedly seen lepers on the streets of large cities.

Chapter 7 1913

That was more than I could say of myself in the United States, where the segregation of lepers is loosely enforced and where I have repeatedly seen lepers on the streets of large cities.

Chapter 7 1911

After all, didn’t Jesus expel the lepers from the Temple and heal the money lenders?

Matthew Yglesias » Beck vs Social Justice 2010

Those lepers able to walk spend the day in Canton begging, but are always compelled to sleep in their village, still I could not help wondering what was the benefit of a leper village if the lepers are allowed to mingle with the other people.

Nellie Bly's Book: Around the World in Seventy-Two Days 1890

He employed the forenoon in the hospitals, particularly in that of the lepers, which is in one of the suburbs of Goa.

The Works of John Dryden Dryden, John, 1631-1700 1808

He employed the forenoon in the hospitals, particularly in that of the lepers, which is in one of the suburbs of Goa.

The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 16 John Dryden 1665

If that turns them into social "lepers," whose society would they really be missing?

Mail Call 2007

Returning crusaders brought "Saracen ointment" containing mercury for treating "lepers," an appropriate medication for syphilis but not for leprosy.

Origins of Syphilis 1997

It is as if they were to alter the terms of a quarantine law from "lepers" to "light-haired persons"; and then say blandly that the principle was the same.

The New Jerusalem 1905

He simply alters the word "lepers" to "long-nosed people," and says blandly that the principle is the same.

Eugenics and Other Evils 1905