In addition to
chaulmoogra oil, a bath in 105[degrees] F water was given.
(b) forestry resources: pine resin, lacquer,
chaulmoogra trees, sticklac, dammar, mangrove bark
So far so good, but what makes this product different is the inclusion of
chaulmoogra oil to encourage the appearance of an even, lasting tan.
The reception of Hansen's work on the leprosy bacillus in the 1870s, of the investigations of Leonard Rogers and others into the utility of
chaulmoogra oil in the early years of the twentieth century, and of the developments in sulphone treatment of leprosy in the 1940s and 1950s was shaped by political and economic investments in institutions for leprosy control, and by entrenched fears and impulses which conditioned segregatory responses to leprosy in areas of medium to high prevalence across Asia, Africa and the Americas.
Prior to the early 1940s, the sole treatment for leprosy was
Chaulmoogra oil--a foul smelling and largely ineffective tree extract that patients could opt to take either orally (at the price of extreme nausea) or by injection (at the risk of developing painful local abcesses).