Lazar houses and dissemination of leprosy.
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FRANcIs BLOMEFIELD, Rector of Fersfield in Norfolk wrote an elaborate description of his shire, An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk ... (the complete title-page goes to more than 150 words), which in its second edition, published in 1805-1810, occupies eleven volumes. This compilation contains some interesting bits of information about leprosy (italics in the original):
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Medical History
دوره 15 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1971