HLTB21H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: John Wycliffe, Mycobacterium Leprae, Gerhard Armauer Hansen
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Chapter 14- leprosy, the striking hand of god. Leprosy probably arose in the far east (about 1400 bc), for there are accurate descriptions in the sacred hindu writings of the veda, and there are also descriptions in the chinese literature: charaka samhit (written bet. 600& 400 bc)- indian text where earliest accounts of leprosy occur: nei chang- (written bet. It has been claimed that soldiers of alexander the great brought leprosy from india to. Greece in the 4th century bc, but it is also possible that it spread from the far east to west along trade routes, arriving in the mediterranean about the time of christ. The best description of leprosy in europe comes from aractus (contemporary of galen) in. Leprosy then spread further west, where there is evidence of the disease in bones dating from ad 500 to 700 in the graveyards of britain and france.
