HERB - Can anyone help?

[Mary Temple]

>From what I remeber from skimming through the book my husband bought two 
weeks ago(The Medieval Leper - I can get more information on it), there 
wasn't much they could do for leprosy. They hadn't figured out it was a 
bacteria, but they did know it tended to run in families.

It's actually a fascinating book for those interested in things medical - it 
even has pictures (both drawings and photographs of people suffering from 
the disease and of the bones from the leper graveyards). The main body of 
evidence is from the Scandinavian countries. I asked my husband if this was 
because it was more prevalent there, but he said it seemed to be simply 
because that where the best extant documentation came from.

Lady Katerine Rowley
Bryn Gwlad, Ansteorra
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Mary K. Temple
Austin, Texas

>I have a son doing a report on medieviel medicine for school.  Does anyone
>know if there was a medievel treatment for leprosy besides isolation?  Or
>should I say along with isolation.
>
>Thanks in advance for your help.
>
>Aleena

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