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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Demaitre, Luke E., 1935-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The sources: texts and contexts
  • Iudicium leprosorum: medical judgment
  • The many labels of leprosy
  • Definitions and explanations
  • "Une maladie contagieuse et hereditaire"
  • Causes, categories, and correlations
  • Diagnosis: signs and symptoms
  • Prognosis, prevention, and treatment.