01088nas a2200265   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001700055653002600072653002200098653001100120653001200131653002600143653001100169100001200180700001600192700001600208700001600224245007600240856004100316300001100357490000700368520043300375022001400808       2002                            d  c2002 Dec10aChristianity10aHistory, 16th Century10aHistory, Medieval10aHumans10aleprosy10aReligion and Medicine10aSaints1 aMuzur A1 aSkrobonja A1 aRotschild V1 aSkrobonja A00aSaints protectors from leprosy: historical hints of suggestive therapy?  uhttp://ila.ilsl.br/pdfs/v70n4a04.pdf  a269-730 v703 a<p>A short overview of several saints, venerated in Christian tradition as protectors from leprosy, is offered as an introduction to a more substantial debate on the possibility and sense of analyzing historical sources and the use of their interpretation for modern medical practice. A possible psychoneuroimmunological mechanism has been advanced to relate some of the healings of leprosy reported in historical materials.</p>  a0148-916X