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Leprosy in Premodern Medicine
While premodern poets and preachers viewed leprosy as a "e;disease of the soul,"e; physicians in the period understood it to be a "e;cancer of the whole body."e; In …
Leprosy, Racism, And Public Health
This volume focuses on leprosy in a country with which this 'tropical' disease is rarely associated in the professional or public mind; the United States. An important scholarly …
Colonizing Leprosy
By comparing institutions in Hawai'i and Louisiana designed to incarcerate individuals with a highly stigmatized disease, Colonizing Leprosy provides an innovative study of the …
Clinical Cases in Leprosy
This book published in the Clinical Cases in Dermatology series is a concise practical guide designed to facilitate the clinical decision-making process in the management of …
Leprosy and a Life in South India
Drawing on solid ethnographic fieldwork as well as many hours of interviews, Leprosy and a Life in South India: Journeys with a Tamil Brahmin tells the life story of Das, a Tamil …
Leprosy: From Diagnosis to Treatment
Leprosy: From Diagnosis to Treatment discusses the current public health challenges in leprosy control face, exploring opportunities that may potentially accelerate progress …
Leprosy and Stigma in the South Pacific
The long-lasting effects of leprosy are still evident in various parts of the world. This book details the personal experiences of people in Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tonga and …
Leprosy: A Reference Guide for Medical Practitioners, Programme Managers and Leprosy Workers
In the present volume an assessment of the current situation of leprosy global, regional and highly endemic regions is viewed from various angles. India, being a country with the …
Leprosy and Buruli Ulcer
A highly disabling infectious disease in developing countries, leprosy, or Hansen's disease, is caused by Mycobacterium leprae, and is still very relevant for the human community …
Training Health Workers To Recognize, Treat, Refer And Educate Patients About Ocular Leprosy
The book is written for use by health care workers involved in the primary eye care of leprosy patients, particularly in leprosy endemic areas. It is designed for use as a …
Leprosy and Empire
An innovative, interdisciplinary study of why leprosy, a disease with a very low level of infection, has repeatedly provoked revulsion and fear. Rod Edmond explores, in particular, …