Frans Hemerijckx (1902–1969) was a Flemish leprologist, humanist[1] and the founder of the Damien Foundation in Belgium, a non profit non governmental organization engaged in providing treatment and rehabilitation services to people afflicted with leprosy.[2][3] He spent most of his life in the treatment and rehabilitation of leprosy patients[4] and initiated a mobile leprosy treatment methodology, Clinic under the trees.[5] On 13 September 1975, Government of Belgium honoured Hemerijckx by issuing a commemorative stamp, depicting his image.[6] (9615) Hemerijckx, a Main-belt comet discovered in 1993 by Eric Walter Elst is named after the Flemish doctor.[7]
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