TY - JOUR KW - Bible KW - History, Ancient KW - Humans KW - leprosy KW - Terminology as Topic AU - Ceccarelli G AB -
"Leprosy" quotations in the Old and New Testament are quite well-known. The problem however exists if biblical "leprosy" is really the Hansen' disease or this name is referred to some other clinical situations. The paper evaluates the various possibilities and a "new" interpretation of the biblical meaning of "leprosy" is proposed.
BT - Minerva medica C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8028748?dopt=Abstract DA - 1994 Apr IS - 4 J2 - Minerva Med. LA - ita N2 -"Leprosy" quotations in the Old and New Testament are quite well-known. The problem however exists if biblical "leprosy" is really the Hansen' disease or this name is referred to some other clinical situations. The paper evaluates the various possibilities and a "new" interpretation of the biblical meaning of "leprosy" is proposed.
PY - 1994 SP - 197 EP - 201 T2 - Minerva medica TI - [Leprosy in the Bible]. VL - 85 SN - 0026-4806 ER -