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.
BT - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12768928?dopt=Abstract DA - 2002 Dec IS - 4 J2 - Int. J. Lepr. Other Mycobact. Dis. LA - eng N2 -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.
PY - 2002 SP - 269 EP - 73 T2 - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association TI - Saints protectors from leprosy: historical hints of suggestive therapy? UR - http://ila.ilsl.br/pdfs/v70n4a04.pdf VL - 70 SN - 0148-916X ER -