Promin vials, and needle

In 1941, ten patients volunteered for a new treatment: the sulfone drug Promin. Promin treatment was given daily by painful intravenous injections. The results, after many months, were indeed miraculous and offered hope to all of Carville’s patients.

Faces of patients before and after Promin treatments.

Comic depiction of patients after receiving Promin injections. Cartoon by Johnny P. Harmon. Courtesy of the Gillis W. Long Hansen’s Disease Center

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