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1University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester.
Hansen possessed keen scientific insight and a strong personal character. These qualities were necessary to overcome many obstacles barring the path to his lifetime goal of eradicating leprosy from Norway. This paper is the 1991 winner of the Stephen Wickes Prize in the History of Medicine.
Hansen possessed keen scientific insight and a strong personal character. These qualities were necessary to overcome many obstacles barring the path to his lifetime goal of eradicating leprosy from Norway. This paper is the 1991 winner of the Stephen Wickes Prize in the History of Medicine.