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

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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.
Temas:
British Leprosy Relief Association
Europa
To 1699
Leprosy > Europe > History > To 1500.
Leprosy > Europe > History > 16th century.
Leprosy > Europe > History > 17th century.
Medicine > History > 17th century.
Medicine, Medieval.
Leprosy > history
History, 17th Century
History, Early Modern 1451-1600
History, Medieval
Lèpre > Europe > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Lèpre > Europe > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Médecine médiévale.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
Medicine.
Leprosy.
Lepra.
Europe
Europe.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xv, 323 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-310) and index.
ISBN:9781435692695
1435692691
9780801891977
0801891973

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