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Carville : remembering leprosy in America /

Mysterious and misunderstood, distorted by biblical imagery of disfigurement and uncleanness, Hansen's disease or leprosy has all but disappeared from America's consciousness. In Carville, Louisiana, the closed doors of the nation's last center for the treatment of leprosy open to rev...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gaudet, Marcia G. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2004.
Series:ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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Online Access:Texto completo