A disease apart: leprosy in the modern world

"This fascinating cultural and medical history of leprosy enriches our understanding of a still-feared biblical disease. It is a condition shrouded for centuries in mystery, legend, and religious fanaticism. Societies the world over have vilified its sufferers: by the sheer accident of mycobact...

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1. Verfasser: Gould, Tony (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York St. Martin's Press 2005
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Zusammenfassung:"This fascinating cultural and medical history of leprosy enriches our understanding of a still-feared biblical disease. It is a condition shrouded for centuries in mystery, legend, and religious fanaticism. Societies the world over have vilified its sufferers: by the sheer accident of mycobacterial infection, they have been condemned to exile and imprisonment?illness itself considered evidence of moral taint." -- Publisher description.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-412)
Beschreibung:xii, 420 p. ill.
ISBN:0312305028

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