Leprosy is caused by strains of bacteria from the species Mycobacterium leprae.Accounts of the disease, which primarily affects the skin and peripheral nervous system, appear in ancient writings.. Maria's Island. A dramatic and moving story set in the same world as the international bestseller The Island from the celebrated novelist Victoria Hislop. The absorbing story of the Cretan village of Plaka and the tiny, deserted island of Spinalonga - Greece's former leprosy colony - is told to us by Maria Petrakis, one of the children.
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The history of leprosy was traced to its origins by an international team of 22. Traité de la Spedalskhed ou Elephantiasis des Grecs - the standard reference book on leprosy from 1848 until the death of Danielssen in 1895.. which he used to establish a plantation of 2,980 trees on the island of Oahu, Hawaii between 1921 and 1922. There.. Victoria Hislop talks to James Naughtie and readers about her debut novel The Island, a fictional account of a real life leprosy colony, the island of Spinalonga, just off the coast of Crete. First published in 2005, The Island has now sold over a million copies. To listen to the programme on BBC iPlayer, click here.
