Leprosy

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Past and Present

Charlotte A. Roberts

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University Press of Florida
27 October 2020

Anthropology; History of medicine; Infectious & contagious diseases; Tropical medicine; Human biology

Series: Bioarchaeological Interpretations of the Human Past: Local, Regional, and Global Perspectives

Through an unprecedented multidisciplinary and global approach, this book documents the dramatic several-thousand-year history of leprosy using bioarchaeological, clinical, and historical information from a wide variety of contexts, dispelling many long-standing myths about the disease.

Drawing on her 30 years of research on the infection, Charlotte Roberts begins by outlining its bacterial causes, how it spreads, and how it affects the body. She then considers its diagnosis and treatment, both historically and in the present. She also looks at the methods and tools used by paleopathologists to identify signs of leprosy in skeletons. Examining evidence in human remains from many countries, particularly in Europe and including Britain, Hungary, and Sweden, Roberts demonstrates that those affected were usually buried in the same cemeteries as their communities, contrary to the popular belief that they were all ostracized or isolated from society into leprosy hospitals. Other myths addressed by Roberts include the assumptions that leprosy can't be cured, that leprosy is no longer a problem today, and that what is called ""leprosy"" in the Bible is the same illness as the disease with that name now.

Roberts concludes by projecting the future of leprosy, arguing that researchers need to study the disease through an ethically grounded evolutionary perspective. Importantly, she advises against use of the word ""leper"" to avoid perpetuating stigma today surrounding people with the infection and resulting disabilities. Leprosy will stand as the authoritative source on the subject for years to come.

A volume in the series Bioarchaeological Interpretations of the Human Past: Local, Regional, and Global Perspectives, edited by Clark Spencer Larsen.

By: Charlotte A. Roberts
Imprint: University Press of Florida
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 1.025kg
ISBN: 9781683401841
ISBN 10: 1683401840
Series: Bioarchaeological Interpretations of the Human Past: Local, Regional, and Global Perspectives
Pages: 450
Publication Date: 27 October 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Charlotte A. Roberts is professor of archaeology at Durham University and a trained nurse. She is the author of Human Remains in Archaeology: A Handbook, and coauthor of The Bioarchaeology of Tuberculosis: A Global View on a Reemerging Disease and The Archaeology of Disease, among many other books.

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""A thorough compendium of knowledge on not only the history and (bio)archaeology of leprosy, but also its epidemiology and evolution. . . . It is must-read material for every bioarchaeologist and medical anthropologist, or anyone with an interest in the history of disease and medicine.""--Current Archaeology

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