Images of Leprosy Kristin N. Rainville and renowned storyteller

and renowned storyteller

Lorena Bobbitt

Can they sift through the clues and unravel the puzzle before the museum faces a mammoth-sized problem

and family and gender roles

The book substantiates the claim that 'Stonyhurst was a supremely effective institution'

Images of Leprosy Kristin N. Rainville and renowned storytellerFrom biblical times to the onset of the Black Death in the fourteenth century, leprosy was considered the worst human affliction, both medically and socially. Only fifty years ago, leprosy, or Hansens disease, was an incurable infectious illness, and it still remains a grave global concern. Recently, leprosy has generated attention in scholarly fields from medical science to the visual arts. This interdisciplinary art historical survey on lepra and