ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Paleopathology, The Jesuit Relations, Leprosy
30 Mar 2015
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Leprosy as a cross-cultural phenomenon sri lanka. Believed to be in large part self inflicted. Washing in water a leprosy patient has used. Medical treatment get rid of the pathogen. Lepers, after seeking treatment, will often work to educate others about the. Leprosy as a cross-cultural phenomenon usa disease. Sickness is not just an isolated event, nor an unfortunate brush with nature. It is a form of communication through which nature, society and culture speak simultaneously . The experience of illness varies according to culture. Traditional medical view lack of respiration, pulse, and heartbeat. A flat eeg (electrical activity in the brain) In the past, the doctor"s presence at the deathbed was rare. Eventually became a status symbol to die under medical care. Death may be prevented (or at least delayed) by medicine. Make the final determination of cause or manner of death (e. g. , homicide vs. Take down criminals in a blazing gun fight!!
