Leprosy in medieval England
By: Carole Rawcliffe.
Publisher: Boydell Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Woodbridge, UK; Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 421
ISBN-13: 9781843834540
Subjects: Leprosy -- England -- History -- To 1500; Leprosy -- Treatment -- England -- History -- To 1500; Leprosy -- Patients -- England -- Social conditions; Medicine, Medieval -- Social aspects -- England
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-395) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: 1. Creating the medieval leper : some myths and misunderstandings; title: 2. The body and the soul : ideas about causation; title: 3. The sick and the healthy : reactions to suffering; title: 4. Priests and physicians : the business of diagnosis; title: 5. Medicine and surgery : the battle against disease; title: 6. A disease apart? : the impact of segregation; title: 7. Life in the medieval leper house; title: Conclusion.