Leprosy Mailing List – September 6th, 2007
Ref.:
Editors of periodicals in leprosy, a tabulation view (see attachment)
From: Meyers
Wayne M., Washington D.C., U.S.A.
Dear Dr. Salvatore Noto,
I congratulate you on initiating the Leprosy
Mailing List, providing a most valuable service that nourishes
the cohesion of the family of those touched in various ways by
leprosy, a family that in recent times has become somewhat fractured.
I have two
suggestions to add to the Periodicals in Leprosy List:
1. Leprosy Briefs, Volumes 1-13. Published monthly by The
Leonard Wood Memorial (LWM) from January 1950-December 1962.
Editor, James A. Doull, M.D., Medical Director of the LWM, Washington
DC.
The Leprosy Briefs were compiled,
extensively indexed and published by the LWM in a single volume by
Chapman H. Binford, M.D. in 1967. (Note: The first 6
monthly numbers were entitled "Notes from the Medical
Department," and thereafter as "Leprosy Briefs.")
In my opinion, lucky is the person who has this
practical and erudite volume in his library.
2. Leprosy Scientific Memoranda.
Published regularly by the U. S. National
Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, in the 1970's and 1980's.
I do not have the particulars of this valuable
series of publications at hand as I write, but I will attempt to
provide this information to you. I have most of them archived
somewhere and hope to uncover this treasure of information very soon. In its pre-internet time, it
provided a resource and service to those in the field of leprosy patient
care and research in a manner somewhat analogous to your
helpful current series, Leprosy Mailing List.
It is always a pleasure to read each of your
communications.
With best wishes,
Wayne M. Meyers, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc.
Visiting Scientist
Department of Environmental and Infectious
Disease Sciences
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Washington D.C. 20306-6000
U.S.A.
