Molokai History: (from "The Separating Sickness: Ma'i Ho'oka'awale: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii" by Ted Gugelyk and Milton Bloombaum, Ma'i Ho'oka'awale Foundation, Honolulu, HI, 1979) Male, Japanese Blind Age: 62 34 years at Kalaupapa No More Family Ties Orientals have the most fear of this disease. Like I said, I [...]
Molokai History: (from "The Separating Sickness: Ma'i Ho'oka'awale: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii" by Ted Gugelyk and Milton Bloombaum, Ma'i Ho'oka'awale Foundation, Honolulu, HI, 1979) Female, Portuguese Widowed Age: 61 42 years at Kalaupapa I was nineteen when they first diagnosed this disease. Like the rest of the patients, they [...]
Molokai History: (from "The Separating Sickness: Ma'i Ho'oka'awale: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii" by Ted Gugelyk and Milton Bloombaum, Ma'i Ho'oka'awale Foundation, Honolulu, HI, 1979) Male, Part-Hawaiian Blind, Disfigured, Married Age: 48 34 years at Kalaupapa How did I get this disease? Well, I had eight other relatives in Kalaupapa. [...]
Molokai History: (from "The Separating Sickness: Ma'i Ho'oka'awale: Excerpts from Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa Settlement, Molokai, Hawaii" by Ted Gugelyk and Milton Bloombaum, Ma'i Ho'oka'awale Foundation, Honolulu, HI, 1979) Female, Hawaiian Married Age: 70 46 years at Kalaupapa Leave Your Bones at Kalaupapa I was born on Maui, in the little community [...]