Luke Demaitre is a visiting professor of history in the Humanities in Medicine Program at the University of Virginia. He is the author of Doctor Bernard de Gordon, Professor and Practitioner.

To date, the most thorough examination of how contemporaries understood leprosy and dealt with its sufferers. Apria Healthcare 2008 Demaitre's compelling work is engaging and informative... I recommend this work highly. -- Wendy J. Turner, Ph.D. Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences 2008 Demaitre's book is a very good read not only for its information about leprosy but also for all interested in or affected by the social phenomenon of stigma. -- Karin M. Schmitt Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 2007 In this meticulously researched and beautifully written study, Luke Demaitre provides a comprehensive examination of leprosy in premodern medicine. -- Rachel Scott Spectrum: Journal of State Government 2009 Demaitre provides a well-written, scholarly, and accessible book that affords a holistic view of leprosy in premodern medicine as seen in historical documents... This book will be an important resource particularly for medical historians and paleopathologists but will be of interest to the medical profession. -- Charlotte A. Roberts The Historian 2010

• IntroductionAcknowledgments1. The Sources: Texts and Contexts2. Iudicium leprosorum: Medical Judgment3. The Many Labels of Leprosy4. Definitions and Explanations5. "Une maladie contagieuse et héréditaire"6. Causes, Categories, and Correlations7. Diagnosis: Signs and Symptoms8. Prognosis, Prevention, and TreatmentConclusionNotesIndex

Luke Demaitre is a visiting professor of history in the Humanities in Medicine Program at the University of Virginia. He is the author of Doctor Bernard de Gordon, Professor and Practitioner.

To date, the most thorough examination of how contemporaries understood leprosy and dealt with its sufferers. Apria Healthcare 2008 Demaitre's compelling work is engaging and informative... I recommend this work highly. -- Wendy J. Turner, Ph.D. Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences 2008 Demaitre's book is a very good read not only for its information about leprosy but also for all interested in or affected by the social phenomenon of stigma. -- Karin M. Schmitt Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 2007 In this meticulously researched and beautifully written study, Luke Demaitre provides a comprehensive examination of leprosy in premodern medicine. -- Rachel Scott Spectrum: Journal of State Government 2009 Demaitre provides a well-written, scholarly, and accessible book that affords a holistic view of leprosy in premodern medicine as seen in historical documents... This book will be an important resource particularly for medical historians and paleopathologists but will be of interest to the medical profession. -- Charlotte A. Roberts The Historian 2010

• IntroductionAcknowledgments1. The Sources: Texts and Contexts2. Iudicium leprosorum: Medical Judgment3. The Many Labels of Leprosy4. Definitions and Explanations5. "Une maladie contagieuse et héréditaire"6. Causes, Categories, and Correlations7. Diagnosis: Signs and Symptoms8. Prognosis, Prevention, and TreatmentConclusionNotesIndex