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Images of leprosy : disease, religion, and politics in European art /

From biblical times to the onset of the Black Death in the fourteenth century, leprosy was considered the worst human affliction, both medically and socially. Only fifty years ago, leprosy, or Hansen's disease, was an incurable infectious illness, and it still remains a grave global concern. Re...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Boeckl, Christine M., 1933- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Kirksville, Mo. : Truman State University Press, [2011]
Series:Early modern studies series ; 7.
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Online Access:Texto completo