AdvertisementConfined By Leprosy, But Open To The World: Remembering 'Ambassador' Mr. PeteDecember 28, 2017Pam FesslerfacebookEmailSimeon Peterson, known as "Mr. Pete," in 2009. Patients at Carville leprosarium often used bicycles to get from building to building, which were connected by covered passageways. (Courtesy National Hansen's Disease Museum)