The Schieffellin Institute of Health Research and Leprosy Centre at Karigiri (which is squeezed down to "SIHRLC" for short, and is situated near Vellore), was founded to care for leprosy patients in and around the Vellore District and to set up a research institution to probe into the many problems of leprosy.
The Institute was named after an American, William J Schieffelin, who was at the time president of the American leprosy Mission, which funded the building project. Dr Ida Scudder, who had been the driving-force and foundress (in 1900) of the vast Christian Medical College and Hospital in nearby-Vellore, was guest-of-honour at a ceremony to mark Karigiri's foundation in 1952, and the buildings were completed and opened in 1955.
Since that time SIHRLC has treated thousands of leprosy patients, carried-out state-of-the-art research to understand the disease, and trained people at all levels in the management of leprosy. The top man of all time in this field, Doctor Paul Brand, spent a lot of his time at Karigiri and at CMC, and did much to further important work and research in the field of leprosy treatment.
The Institute was named after an American, William J Schieffelin, who was at the time president of the American leprosy Mission, which funded the building project. Dr Ida Scudder, who had been the driving-force and foundress (in 1900) of the vast Christian Medical College and Hospital in nearby-Vellore, was guest-of-honour at a ceremony to mark Karigiri's foundation in 1952, and the buildings were completed and opened in 1955.
Since that time SIHRLC has treated thousands of leprosy patients, carried-out state-of-the-art research to understand the disease, and trained people at all levels in the management of leprosy. The top man of all time in this field, Doctor Paul Brand, spent a lot of his time at Karigiri and at CMC, and did much to further important work and research in the field of leprosy treatment.
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