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1. Leprosy and Empire: A Medical and Cultural History (Cambridge Social and Cultural Histories) by Rod Edmond | |
Paperback: 268
Pages
(2009-11-12)
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2. Leprosy in Premodern Medicine: A Malady of the Whole Body by Luke Demaitre | |
Hardcover: 344
Pages
(2007-06-27)
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Editorial Review Product Description While 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. Extending 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. |
3. Leprosy in China: A History (Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University) by Angela Ki Che Leung | |
Hardcover: 392
Pages
(2008-12-08)
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Editorial Review Product Description Angela Ki Che Leung's meticulous study begins with the classical annals of the imperial era, which contain the first descriptions of a feared and stigmatized disorder modern researchers now identify as leprosy. She then tracks the relationship between the disease and China's social and political spheres (theories of contagion prompted community and statewide efforts at segregation); religious traditions (Buddhism and Daoism ascribed redemptive meaning to those suffering from the disease), and evolving medical discourse (Chinese doctors have contested the disease's etiology for centuries). Leprosy even pops up in Chinese folklore, attributing the spread of the contagion to contact with immoral women. Leung next places the history of leprosy into a global context of colonialism, racial politics, and "imperial danger." A perceived global pandemic in the late nineteenth century seemed to confirm Westerners' fears that Chinese immigration threatened public health. Therefore battling to contain, if not eliminate, the disease became a central mission of the modernizing, state-building projects of the late Qing empire, the nationalist government of the first half of the twentieth century, and the People's Republic of China. Stamping out the curse of leprosy was the first step toward achieving "hygienic modernity" and erasing the cultural and economic backwardness associated with the disease. Leung's final move connects China's experience with leprosy to a larger history of public health and biomedical regimes of power, exploring the cultural and political implications of China's Sino-Western approach to the disease. |
4. Leprosy in Medieval England by Carole Rawcliffe | |
Paperback: 440
Pages
(2009-03-19)
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5. Carville: Remembering Leprosy in America by Marcia Gaudet | |
Hardcover: 221
Pages
(2004-12-02)
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Editorial Review Product Description Drawn from interviews with living patients and extensive research in the leprosarium's archives, "Carville: Remembering Leprosy in America" tells the stories of former patients at the National Hansen's Disease Center. For over a century, from 1894 until 1999, Carville was the site of the only in-patient hospital in the continental United States for the treatment of Hansen's disease, which is the preferred designation for leprosy. Patients --- exiled there by law for treatment and for separation from the rest of society --- reveal how they were able to cope with the devastating blow the diagnosis of leprosy dealt them. Leprosy was so frightening and so poorly understood that entire families would suffer and be shunned if one family member contracted the disease. When patients entered Carville, they typically left everything behind, including their legal names and their hopes for the future. Former patients at Carville give their views of the outside world and of the culture they forged within the treatment center, which included married and individual living quarters, a bar, and even a jail. Those quarantined in the leprosarium created their own Mardi Gras celebrations, their own newspaper, and their own body of honored stories in which fellow sufferers of Hansen's disease prevailed over trauma and ostracism. Through their memories and stories, we see their very human quest for identity and endurance with dignity, humor, and grace. Customer Reviews (4)
Fascinating
Not comprehensive but it's a small book
A Disappointment
reflecting on carville |
6. Disease Apart: Leprosy in the Modern World by Tony Gould | |
Hardcover: 420
Pages
(2005-01-01)
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politics, not medicine
Fascinating Book
Possibly the best book on the disease history.
Leprosy: not just a bygone disease
A Special Disease |
7. Pain: The Gift Nobody Wants - Memoirs of the World's Leading Leprosy Surgeon by Paul Brand, Philip Yancey | |
Paperback: 400
Pages
(1994-02)
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Should be a must-read |
8. People Are Not the Same: Leprosy and Identity in Twentieth-Century Mali (Social History of Africa Series) by Eric Silla | |
Hardcover: 272
Pages
(1998-05-01)
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Social history as it ought to be done These firsthand accounts are frank and often gripping, helping the reader to understand (insofar as it is possible) the depth of suffering caused not so much by the disease itself as by the manifold, and almost entirely unnecessary, social stigma that accompany it.By reinforcing his interviews with documentary evidence from French colonial clinics, leprosariums, and other sources, the author puts his subjects' stories in wider perspective.He even taps into centuries-old Arabic manuscripts for insight into the status and conditions of lepers in pre-colonial Mali. Silla's obvious familiarity with many aspects of Malian society shows through his writing, his references to local language, proverbs, and history.This is the way social histories ought to be done, putting their primary subjects and their own words first whenever possible, making judicious use of historical documents, and keeping theory in the background where it belongs."People Are Not the Same" is one of those rare studies which manages to enlighten without indulging either in obscurantist analysis or oversimplification. ... Read more |
9. Thank You, Jesus: Luke 17:11-19 : Jesus Heals 10 Men With Leprosy (Hear Me Read. Level 2) by Mary Manz Simon | |
Paperback: 32
Pages
(1994-01-01)
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10. Squint: My Journey with Leprosy (Willie Morris Books in Memoir and Biography) by Jose P. Ramirez Jr. | |
Hardcover: 240
Pages
(2009-02-01)
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Editorial Review Product Description In Squint: My Journey with Leprosy, Ramirez recalls being taken from his family in a hearse and thrown into a world filled with fear. He and his loved ones struggled against the stigma associated with the term "leper" and against beliefs that the disease was a punishment from God, that his illness was highly communicable, and that persons with Hansen's disease had to be banished from their communities. His disease not only meant separation from the girlfriend who would later become his wife, but also a derailment of all life's goals. In his struggle Ramirez overcame barriers both real and imagined and eventually became an international advocate on behalf of persons with disabilities. In Squint, titled for the sliver of a window through which persons with leprosy in medieval times were allowed to view Mass but not participate, Ramirez tells a story of love and perseverance over incredible odds. José P. Ramirez, Jr., is a social worker in Houston, Texas. He has written articles about Hansen's disease for the Houston Chronicle, the Star Magazine, the National Association of Social Workers Newsletter, and other publications. Customer Reviews (6)
Humbling
so much potential, so dissappointing
Layered
A potentially interesting story, horribly written
Mesmerizing |
11. Leprosy: its extent and control, origin and geographical distribution by H S Orme | |
Paperback: 40
Pages
(2010-08-03)
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12. Do Diapers Give You Leprosy? What Every Parent Should Know About Bringing Up Babies by Ira Alterman | |
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(1985-01-01)
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13. Colonizing Leprosy: Imperialism and the Politics of Public Health in the United States (Studies in Social Medicine) by Michelle T. Moran | |
Paperback: 296
Pages
(2007-09-10)
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14. An Uncertain Cure: Living With Leprosy in Brazil (Studies in Medical Anthropology) by Cassandra White | |
Paperback: 224
Pages
(2009-02-28)
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15. Leprosy In India: A Report (1877) by Timothy Richards Lewis, David Douglas Cunningham | |
Hardcover: 84
Pages
(2010-09-10)
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16. Mister Leprosy by Phyllis Thompson | |
Hardcover: 384
Pages
(1983-12)
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17. Clinical Leprosy by Virendra N., M.D. Sehgal | |
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(1979-06)
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18. Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) (Epidemics) by Karen Donnelly | |
Library Binding: 64
Pages
(2001-12)
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19. Don't Fence Me In: From Curse to Cure: Leprosy In Modern Times by Tony Gould | |
Hardcover: 432
Pages
(2005-01-03)
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20. Leprosy (Medicine in the tropics) | |
Hardcover: 350
Pages
(1986-03)
Isbn: 0443028931 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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