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Leprosy in the Middle Ages

Gabbi Eisenberg

What is Leprosy?

  • "an infectious disease that causes severe, disfiguring skin sores and nerve damage in the arms and legs"
  • bacterial infection that can now be cured with antibiotics

Present: How do you get leprosy?

  • leprosy is caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae
  • coming into close contact with the mouth/nose droplets of someone with leprosy
  • can take 3-5 years for symptoms to present themselves

Middle Ages: How do you get leprosy?

Present: How do you treat leprosy?

  • antibiotics taken long-term to clear up the infection
  • anti-inflammatory drugs to reduce swelling
  • imbalance in one's humors
  • red bile, or blood
  • a result of "sexually improper behavior"
  • seen as a punishment for "sexual promiscuity" or even for having sexual intercourse with a menstruating woman

Works Cited

Middle Ages: How do you treat leprosy?

http://www.academia.edu/1088287/Pharaohs_Bloodbath_Medieval_European_Jewish_Thoughts_about_Leprosy_Disease_and_Blood_Therapy

  • isolation in leper hospitals/communities
  • families would be separated
  • sudden isolation often led to depression
  • lepers could have visitors because the disease was thought to be so contagious

http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/guide/leprosy-symptoms-treatments-history

http://www.maggietron.com/med/epidemics.php

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