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National Leprosarium at Carville
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1917: Public Health Service establishes a National Leprosarium at Carville, Louisiana which is now known as the National Hansen's Disease Programs.

1919: Congress mandated the responsibility for providing physiotherapy treatment to sick and disabled veterans to the Public Health Service.

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