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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Demaitre, Luke E., 1935-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leprosy--Europe--History--To 1500.

Leprosy.

Leprosy--Europe--History--16th century.

Leprosy--Europe--History--17th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (342 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

He finds that, while not immune to social and cultural perceptions of the leprous as degenerate, and while influenced by their own fears of contagion, premodern physicians moderated society's reactions to leprosy and were dedicated to the well-being of their patients.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction

Acknowledgments

Chapter One: The Sources: Texts and Contexts

Chapter Two: Iudicium leprosorum: Medical Judgment

Chapter Three: The Many Labels of Leprosy

Chapter Four: Definitions and Explanations

Chapter Five: "Une maladie contagieuse et héréditaire"

Chapter Six: Causes, Categories, and Correlations

Chapter Seven: Diagnosis: Signs and Symptoms

Chapter Eight: Prognosis, Prevention, and Treatment

Conclusion

Notes

Index

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-310) and index.

ISBN:

0-8018-9197-3

1-4356-9269-1

OCLC:

299754569