02061nas a2200337   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001200059653001200071653001200083653002600095653002600121653002600147653002600173653002600199653002600225653002100251653002200272653002600294653001100320653001200331653000900343100001600352245015600368856004100524300001100565490000700576050001600583520111000599022001401709       1975                            d  c1975 Apr-Jun10aDenmark10aEngland10aGermany10aHistory, 15th Century10aHistory, 16th Century10aHistory, 17th Century10aHistory, 18th Century10aHistory, 19th Century10aHistory, 20th Century10aHistory, Ancient10aHistory, Medieval10aHistory, Modern 1601-10aHumans10aleprosy10aRome1 aKalisch P A00aAn overview of research on the history of leprosy. Part 1. From Celsus to Simpson, Circa. 1 A.D. Part 2. From Virchow to Møller-Christense, 1845-1973.  uhttp://ila.ilsl.br/pdfs/v43n2a08.pdf  a129-440 v43  aKALISCH19753 a<p>This overview attempts to evaluate, in general, the results of nearly 2,000 years of writings on the history of leprosy. The ancients, although prone to confuse other skin diseases with leprosy, laid the emotional foundation for later work in superstitution and lore. Their efforts were faithfully copied for hundreds of years and provided at least an accumulation of facts and a documentation of the state of the art. The dawn of scientific medicine in the mid-nineteenth century and the following 125 years has brought an increasing specialization of research in the history of leprosy that might be usefully divided into medical, political, Biblical, instutional, and medieval aspects. Some of the most productive efforts within each of these areas are considered. The challenge of the future is to develop models of analysis and evaluation based on the findings of analysis and evaluation based on the findings of social scientific research rather than relying totally on pure narration. This is the way in which to free the history of leprosy from much of the myth and error that surrounds it.</p>  a0148-916X