The Disinterment by H. P. Lovecraft and Duane W. Rimel

THE DISINTERMENT (thelovecraftvault.bandcamp.com/album/the-disin…) is a short story written by H. P. Lovecraft and Duane W. Rimel, first published in the January 1937 edition of Weird Tales.
Stricken with a devastating case of leprosy, a man turns to his only friend—an enigmatic surgeon captivated by unorthodox science—in a desperate search for a cure.