00713nas a2200193 4500000000100000008004100001260000900042653002200051653002300073653001100096653001200107653001900119100001500138245007100153300001200224490000700236520026200243022001400505 2002 d c200210aHistory, Medieval10aHospitals, Special10aHumans10aleprosy10aUnited Kingdom1 aGriffin JP00aThe Leper Hospital of St Mary Magdalene at Baldock, Hertfordshire. a109-1110 v213 a

The remains of the old Leper Hospital in Baldock have been identified. In the parish church of St Mary's in Clothall, medieval glass roundels show Mary Magdalene with left sided facial palsy. This is the oldest visual art depiction of this condition.

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