Prize essays on leprosy / [By] Newman, Ehlers, Impey [Thompson, Cantlie].

  • New Sydenham Society.
Date:
1895-97
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Credit: Prize essays on leprosy / [By] Newman, Ehlers, Impey [Thompson, Cantlie]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE Historical Notes ... 5 Regarding the Decrease in Lepers in England • 53 The Kind of Leprosy in the Middle Ages . • 58 Leprosy and Syphilis . . . • .64 The Function of the Leper Hospitals: Was Segregation Carried Out? . . . • • -66 Observations on the Cause of the Decline of Leprosy as an Endemic Disease in England . . . .69 Physical and Social Conditions in England during the Leprosy Period . . . . • -7° General Physical and Social Condition in China, India, and Iceland . . . . . .80 Conclusions and Applications of the Foregoing . . 89 Predisposing Conditions of Endemic Leprosy in England . 103 Conclusions ...... 108 Leprosy in the British Islands : A List of Chief Dates . no List of Leper-Houses Established in the British Islands during the Middle Ages ..... 137 Appendix ...... 146