The Resource Leprosy in premodern medicine : a malady of the whole body, Luke Demaitre
Leprosy in premodern medicine : a malady of the whole body, Luke Demaitre
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 323 pages)
- Contents
-
- The sources: texts and contexts
- Iudicium leprosorum: medical judgment
- The many labels of leprosy
- Definitions and explanations
- "Une maladie contagieuse et hereditaire"
- Causes, categories, and correlations
- Diagnosis: signs and symptoms
- Prognosis, prevention, and treatment
- Isbn
- 9781435692695
- Label
- Leprosy in premodern medicine : a malady of the whole body
- Title
- Leprosy in premodern medicine
- Title remainder
- a malady of the whole body
- Statement of responsibility
- Luke Demaitre
- Subject
-
- British Leprosy Relief Association
- Europa
- Europa
- Europe
- Europe
- History
- History, 17th Century
- History, Early Modern 1451-1600
- History, Medieval
- Lepra
- Leprosy -- Europe -- History -- 16th century
- Leprosy -- Europe -- History -- 17th century
- Leprosy -- Europe -- History -- To 1500
- Leprosy -- history
- MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine
- MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine
- MEDICAL -- Public Health
- To 1699
- Leprosy
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1935-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Demaitre, Luke E.
- Dewey number
- 614.5/46094
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- RC154.4
- LC item number
- .D46 2007eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- NLM call number
-
- 2007 J-078
- WC 335
- NLM item number
- D369L 2007
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Leprosy
- Leprosy
- Leprosy
- Leprosy
- History, 17th Century
- History, Early Modern 1451-1600
- History, Medieval
- Europe
- British Leprosy Relief Association
- MEDICAL
- MEDICAL
- MEDICAL
- Leprosy
- Europe
- Lepra
- Europa
- Label
- Leprosy in premodern medicine : a malady of the whole body, Luke Demaitre
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-310) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The sources: texts and contexts -- Iudicium leprosorum: medical judgment -- The many labels of leprosy -- Definitions and explanations -- "Une maladie contagieuse et hereditaire" -- Causes, categories, and correlations -- Diagnosis: signs and symptoms -- Prognosis, prevention, and treatment
- Control code
- 299754569
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 323 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781435692695
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)299754569
- Label
- Leprosy in premodern medicine : a malady of the whole body, Luke Demaitre
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-310) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The sources: texts and contexts -- Iudicium leprosorum: medical judgment -- The many labels of leprosy -- Definitions and explanations -- "Une maladie contagieuse et hereditaire" -- Causes, categories, and correlations -- Diagnosis: signs and symptoms -- Prognosis, prevention, and treatment
- Control code
- 299754569
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 323 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781435692695
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)299754569
Subject
- British Leprosy Relief Association
- Europa
- Europa
- Europe
- Europe
- History
- History, 17th Century
- History, Early Modern 1451-1600
- History, Medieval
- Lepra
- Leprosy -- Europe -- History -- 16th century
- Leprosy -- Europe -- History -- 17th century
- Leprosy -- Europe -- History -- To 1500
- Leprosy -- history
- MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine
- MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine
- MEDICAL -- Public Health
- To 1699
- Leprosy
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