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49 pages, 7 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, facsimiles ; 22 cm

The leper hospitals of Northampton / by R.M. Serjeantson.

Early modern studies series

Early modern studies

Images of leprosy : disease, religion, and politics in European art / Christine M. Boeckl.

<p>"This book details the personal experiences of people in Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu, the majority of whom contracted leprosy as children. Topics covered include the exact nature of the diagnosis, removal from one's family, the experience of isolation, and the reaction of family and villages upon the individual's return to community life"--Provided by publisher.</p>

x, 224 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Leprosy and stigma in the South Pacific : a region-by-region history with first person accounts / Dorothy McMenamin.

1 volume (various pagings) : portraits, facsimiles ; 30 cm

Kinderhaus 1648 : das Leprosenhaus der Stadt Münster im Krieg und Frieden Ausstellung im Lepramuseum Münster-Kinderhaus zum Jubiläum 350 Jahre Westfälischer Frieden 25. Januar bis 28. Juni 1998 / herausegegeben von der Gesellschaft für Leprakunde e.V. ; Idee, Konzeption und Gestaltung Ralf Klötzer.

International Congress of the History of Medicine (3rd) : 1922. : London.

pages [21]-36 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations

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The leper hospitals of Northampton / by R.M. Serjeantson.

Images of leprosy : disease, religion, and politics in European art / Christine M. Boeckl.

Leprosy and stigma in the South Pacific : a region-by-region history with first person accounts / Dorothy McMenamin.

La léproserie d'Hérenthals (Sint-Jan-ter-Lazarijen) / par le Dr Tricot-Royer.

No despair in life : the memoirs of Yasuji Hirasawa.

Carville : remembering leprosy in America / Marcia Gaudet.

Leprosy in medieval England / Carole Rawcliffe.

Blood and sexuality in medieval leprosy / by Stephen R. Ell.

Leper houses and mediaeval hospitals / [Charles Mercier].

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The leper hospitals of Northampton / by R.M. Serjeantson.

Images of leprosy : disease, religion, and politics in European art / Christine M. Boeckl.

Leprosy and stigma in the South Pacific : a region-by-region history with first person accounts / Dorothy McMenamin.

La léproserie d'Hérenthals (Sint-Jan-ter-Lazarijen) / par le Dr Tricot-Royer.

No despair in life : the memoirs of Yasuji Hirasawa.

Carville : remembering leprosy in America / Marcia Gaudet.

Leprosy in medieval England / Carole Rawcliffe.

Blood and sexuality in medieval leprosy / by Stephen R. Ell.

Leper houses and mediaeval hospitals / [Charles Mercier].

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