Abstract: Part 1 The tradition: a cross-roads in history the lepers of Aland bread, beer and firewood means of support sentence and certificates separation husbands and wives despair and hope. Part 2 The disease: the rise and fall of the disease leprosy - fact or fiction? - an unbroken chain, pictorial evidence, graveyard proof. Part 3 Documents: office at the seclusion of a leper regulations of Sherburn leper hospital (founded 1181), confirmed by Richard Kellawe, Bishop of Durham (1311-16) regulations of the leper hospital of St Julian near St Albans (founded 1146) - revised by Abbot Michael in 1344 regulations of the Enkoping leper hospital, Sweden, given by Archbishop Birger of Uppsala (1367-83) regulations of the leper hospital of St Mary Magdalene, Exeter, restated early in the 15th century regulations for St George's hospital, Svendborg, Denmark, in 1486 King Hans' decree concerning the quarrel between the warden and lepers in St George's hospital, Naestved, Denmark, in 1492 chancery warrant for proper medical examination of Joanna Nightingale of Brentwood, who refused to be isolated on suspicion of leprosy, 1468 petition of Nicholas Harris, footpostman of Totnes, to the Royal College of Physicians of London for a certificate that he was not a leper, 1620 royal patent of Gustaf II Adolf of Sweden, July 15th, 1619, authorising the foundation of Sjahlo leper hospital in Finland regulations of the leper hospital at Gloskar in the Aland islands, drawn up by Per Brahe, Regent of Finland, 1653 proposal for the budget of Gammelstads hospital, Hesingfors, 1651 budget for Sjahlo leper hospital and mental hospital, Finland, by decree of King Carl XI of Sweden, May 6th, 1695 extract from a letter written to Johannes Petersen in 1767 by Joen Givertsen, a priest suffering from leprosy in Iceland a lament - poem by Peder Olsen Feidie, patient in St George's hospital for lepers, Bergen, from 1832 to 1849 law regarding the isolation of people infected with leprosy and their confinement in public hospital in Iceland, 1898 letter from President Relander of Finland to the lepers in Orivesi hospital after his visit in January 1930.
Publication Year: 1977
Publication Date: 1977-01-01
Language: en
Type: book
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