Talk:Ernest Muir (doctor)

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A fact from Ernest Muir (doctor) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 12 July 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that the Scottish medical missionary Ernest Muir championed the use of the traditional Ayurvedic cure chaulmoogra oil in treating Hansen's disease (leprosy)? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2022/July. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ernest Muir (doctor).

It's possible that Muir was referred to in the novel Who Walk Alone by Perry Burgess. It's a long time since I read it (1962, I think) but I seem to remember that the main character, a leprosy sufferer, is assisted by a leading doctor-researcher character who resembles Ernest Muir. The book has attracted a great deal of notice over the years, so there may be a citation for that somewhere, if anyone is interested. Storye book (talk) 10:06, 3 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

ETA: Muir certainly approved of the book: see Muir on Cabi. Storye book (talk) 07:31, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]