{"product_id":"leprosy-in-premodern-medicine-luke-demaitre-9780801886133","title":"Leprosy in Premodern Medicine: A Malady of the Whole Body","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile premodern poets and preachers viewed leprosy as a \"disease of the soul,\" physicians in the period understood it to be a \"cancer of the whole body.\" In this innovative study, medical historian 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 license to beg.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExtending his inquiry from the first century to late in the eighteenth century, Demaitre draws on translations of academic treatises and archival records to illuminate the professional standing, knowledge, and conduct of the practitioners who struggled to move popular perceptions of leprosy beyond loathing and pity. He finds that, while not immune to social and cultural perceptions of the leprous as degenerate, and while influenced by their own fears of contagion, premodern physicians moderated society's reactions to leprosy and were dedicated to the well-being of their patients.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Luke Demaitre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801886139\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801886133\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.29h x 6.35w x 1.04d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2008 pg. 94","brand":"Luke Demaitre","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48448953647359,"sku":"9780801886133","price":53.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7f24d58e-78bb-44f1-bae5-1f8bde6c27da.jpg?v=1777261326","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/leprosy-in-premodern-medicine-luke-demaitre-9780801886133","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}