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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 licence to beg. He finds that premodern physicians moderated society's reactions to leprosy and were dedicated to their patients' well-being.Demaitre, Luke E. is the author of 'Leprosy in Premodern Medicine A Malady of the Whole Body', published 2007 under ISBN 9780801886133 and ISBN 0801886139.
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