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Leprosy expert Dr Kok is born

Leprosy expert Dr Kok is born

Date
4 Jul 1911
Updated
22 Aug 2019
Leprosy expert Dr Kok is born

Susanna Helena Kok, medical missionary of the Dutch Reformed Church and authority on leprosy, was born in Brandfort, Orange Free State (now Free State). She who worked mainly in Nigeria. While in charge of the leprosy patients there she made a major contribution to medical literature by identifying and describing an unknown skin disease which was similar to leprosy, but was not reacting to treatment as leprosy was doing, namely Mkar disease (granuloma multiforme). Sources: Sonderling, N.E. (ed.) New Dictionary of South African Biography, v. 2. http://www.aifo.it/english/resources/online/apdrj/apdrj0106/reverseintegra-nigeria.pdf South African History Online

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Leprosy expert Dr Kok is born. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011339

South African History Online (2011) 'Leprosy expert Dr Kok is born', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011339 (Accessed: 10 August 2026).

South African History Online, Leprosy expert Dr Kok is born [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011339, (accessed 10 August 2026).

"Leprosy expert Dr Kok is born." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011339. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Leprosy expert Dr Kok is born." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011339.

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