Operating Room, Infirmary, National Leprosarium. 1940s. Image Courtesy of the National Hansen's Disease Museum, Permanent Collections, Carville, LA.

Carville doctors specialized in reconstructive surgeries of the hands and feet to correct damage done by Hansen's Disease.

Dr. Paul Brand, Chief of Rehabilitation (1966-86) developed the groundbreaking "tendon transfer" surgical procedure, still used today, to correct disabilities caused by HD or other diseases.

The Daughters of Charity wore full habits, even in the surgical suite, until the mid-1960s. Linen "nursing whites" were worn over the full blue woolen skirt and bodice of the orders' habit year round.