Leprosy
Gone Medieval
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Leprosy
Tristan hughes is host of the ancients brodcast, the podcast for all things ancient history. And these are theon surviving boxen gloves from the roman empire. Could these just have been very general hospitals, or would there be specifically leprosy? Out of all the mediaeval hospitals that were founded throughout the mediaeval period, perhaps numbering round about 14 15, hundred, a quarter were leprosy hospitals. But also, i think clearly winchester was a specialist hospital for leprosy sufferers.
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