Leprosy in the Mediterranean Medical Literature

Name: Leprosy in the Mediterranean Medical Literature
Brand: Walter de Gruyter
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By Anna Gili

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Building on a broad critical editing and analysis of Arabic and Latin texts, this book traces a new history of leprosy moving from late antiquity to the Islamic and Latin Middle Ages, thus proving the necessity of a comparative approach to grasp its Mediterranean scope. Challenging established historical reconstructions, this study demonstrates that Arabic texts were familiar with a scientific approach to contagiousness. It also shows how, when faced with the diffusion of leprosy as an endemic disease, Latin physicians tried to solve the enigma of its nature avoiding any moral censorship. Each chapter includes the relevant texts, all related to al-Mä¿s¿'s encyclopedia Kit¿b al-Malak¿ (10th c.), in critical edition with an English translation. The book aims to contribute historians from different areas with a realistic picture of how theoretical, learned medicine considered leprosy, opening the possibility of broader research on other sources.

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Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 440
Release Date:: 2025-12-15
Publication Date:: 2025-12-15
Publisher:: Walter de Gruyter
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 3111330877
ISBN13:: 9783111330877
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 884 g
Height:: 173 cm
Width:: 243 cm
Thickness:: 30 cm

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