A Disease Apart: Leprosy in the Modern World

by Tony Gould

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This fascinating cultural and medical history of leprosy enriches our understanding of a still-feared biblical disease. It is a condition shrouded for centuries in mystery, legend, and religious fanaticism. Societies the world over have vilified its sufferers: by the sheer accident of mycobacterial infection, they have been condemned to exile and imprisonment-illness itself considered evidence of moral taint. Over the last 200 years, the story of...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0312305028

ISBN13:9780312305024

Release Date:September 2005

Publisher:St. Martin's Press

Length:432 Pages

Weight:1.69 lbs.

Dimensions:1.4" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Related Subjects

Ancient Clinical Communicable Diseases Diseases & Physical Ailments Early Civilization Health Health, Fitness & Dieting Health, Fitness & Dieting History Humanities Infectious Disease Infectious Diseases Internal Medicine Medical Medical Books Medicine Special Topics

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