A healing touch Healing touch (American Leprosy Missions) Leprosy -- prevention & control Leprosy -- drug therapy Leprostatic Agents Community Health Services Religious Missions 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. Credits: Narration by Dick Lee ; sound engineers, Steve Henke, Jon Weistead. Transfer; National Hansen's Disease Program; 20060221; 2006-01. Bloomfield, N.J. : ALM, American Leprosy Missions, [1981] Riber, John, filmmaker. Riber, Louise, filmmaker. American Leprosy Missions, presenter, issuing body. University of Iowa. Motion Picture Unit, production company. Documentaries and Factual Films Moving image 023 min. Color Live action nlm:nlmuid-101722758-vid 101722758 http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101722758 OCLC: 1050912955 English India This item may be under copyright protection. Please ask copyright owner for permission before publishing. Copyright status: American Leprosy Missions; Source: Item; Research date: 20180312 Resource cannot be viewed online. Viewing copy available on-site only.