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No Man on the Island

8 September 2011 By: Marlene9 Comments

I had the opportunity to visit this secluded and somewhat uninhabited island on one of our teachers’ trips. It used to be a quarantine place in the 1700’s when epidemics had reached the country. I can’t tell much about the history of the island but what I saw was enough to convince me that it housed disease-stricken people in the past. It’s not allowed to take pictures of what’s on the island so I wish you could just imagine how the facilities look like through the image below.

Kanso Island - Känsö

I hope I didn’t scare you with the history of Känsö. Everything in here is just preserved but the epidemics have long been gone. I believe you know why some nations before had quarantine places for sick people. But times have changed and real hospitals have been organized and built.

~ Skywatch Friday ~

About Marlene

Marlene works as a teacher, but she blogs in her spare time. She started blogging in 2007, and since then, it has become one of her hobbies. She writes for Lemback.com, which she and her husband have built and managed but later moved to Wordpress to join other WP bloggers. Connect Marlene on Twitter

Comments

  1. Dean @ Car News says

    9 September 2011 at 03:12

    Ah Marlene it’s so sad you can’t take the picture. Can we see the place using google earth?

    Reply
    • Marlene says

      11 September 2011 at 20:47

      Yes. N 57° 37.784 E 11° 45.277

      Reply
  2. Russ says

    10 September 2011 at 14:45

    The Islands like that were a necessity back in the old days. The only way to stop the spread. It is so great to have modern medicine and great hospitals.

    Reply
    • Marlene says

      11 September 2011 at 20:51

      Thank you, Russ, for your comment.

      Yes, I remember we had an island in the Philippines where people afflicted with leprosy were quarantined there. But now, isolation can also be done in the hospitals.

      Reply
  3. Sam D. says

    12 September 2011 at 03:54

    I feel sad when I see this photo and I can’t imagine the people who lived there before fighting for that contagious deadly disease. 🙁

    Reply
  4. Appu says

    12 September 2011 at 16:04

    Each day is a knowledge. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  5. Jackie from Yorkshire says

    12 September 2011 at 20:33

    Sad that they apparently still feel the need to hide what took place in the past. Even from that distance the buildings look forbidding.

    Reply
  6. SEO says

    13 September 2011 at 13:26

    I wish you could have been able to take pictures. This is history, I am glad they preserved it but wonder why you can’t take pictures.

    Reply
    • Marlene says

      17 September 2011 at 02:33

      I was also wondering why, too. It’s kind of weird though.

      Reply

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