Leprosy in premodern medicine :: a malady of the whole body /

While premodern poets and preachers viewed leprosy as a "disease of the soul," physicians in the period understood it to be a "cancer of the whole body." In this innovative study, medical historian Luke Demaitre explores medical and social perspectives on leprosy at a time when j...

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1. Verfasser: Demaitre, Luke E., 1935-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2007.
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Zusammenfassung:While premodern poets and preachers viewed leprosy as a "disease of the soul," physicians in the period understood it to be a "cancer of the whole body." In this innovative study, medical historian Luke Demaitre explores medical and social perspectives on leprosy at a time when judicious diagnosis could spare healthy people from social ostracization and help the afflicted get a license to beg.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xv, 323 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-310) and index.
ISBN:9781435692695
1435692691
9780801891977
0801891973

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