This is a photograph of "Our two medics, Drs. Blaber [right] and Bagalawis [from Manila] with a group of patients outside the dispensary door." Dr. Harry Blaber, from Brooklyn, New York went to China for Maryknoll in 1935 to work with Frs. Joseph Sweeney and Francis Connors in their leprosarium in south China. After an initial five years he returned to the U.S., married and went back to China with his wife for another two years. -- Dr. Artemio J. Bagalawis, from Manila, Philippines worked with Dr. Harry Blaber at the leprosarium in south China. He staffed a clinic in Toishan and joined Fr. Frank Connors to work in the leprosarium in the 1930's.
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