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Title based on the following caption from the NFB Photo Story: [Photograph numbers 84587, 84596, 84601, and 84600] These women patients at the hospital will shortly be released and each will receive a certificate of good health testifying that she is free of the disease. Fear and suspicion are two of the gravest obstacles the discharged patient must face. Scars on women's faces are not ravages left by leprosy but are a beauty custom of their tribe. Present-day treatment of leprosy, which employs traditional chaulmoogra oil in conjunction with modern sulphone drugs, has met with great success.