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Further Reading

• Clark E (1994). "Social Welfare and Mutual Aid in the Medieval Countryside". The Journal of British Studies. 33 (4): pp. 394–6. CS1 maint: Extra text (link)

• Icon Health Publications (2004). Leprosy: A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References. San Diego: Icon Health Publications. ISBN 0-597-84006-7.

• Rawcliffe C (2001). "Learning to Love the Leper: aspects of institutional Charity in Anglo Norman England". Anglo Norman Studies. 23: pp. 233–52.CS1 maint: Extra text (link)

• Rawcliffe C (2006). Leprosy in Medieval England. Ipswich: Boydell Press. ISBN 1843832739.

• Talarigo J (2004). The Pearl Diver: (fiction) young woman with leprosy is exiled to leprosy colony in Japan, 1929. Doubleday. ISBN 1-4025-8661-2.

• Tayman J (2006). The Colony : The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-7432-3300.

External Links

• National Hansen's Disease Programs (NHDP), U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration
• Hansen's Disease (Leprosy) - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• World Health Organization (WHO) leprosy website
• American Leprosy Missions
• The Global Campaign to Eliminate Leprosy article from PLoS Medicine

History of Leprosy

• ILA Global Project on the History of Leprosy
• National Hansen's Disease Museum
• BBC News: Slave trade key to leprosy spread

• "Interview with author John Tayman (The Colony)" (MP3 audio: runtime = 00:23:20, 10.7 mb). IT Conversations Tech Nation. 2006-02-07. Retrieved 2007-03-22.

Research

• Pathology Images of Leprosy and Other Granulomatous diseases Yale Rosen, M.D.
• INFOLEP Leprosy Information Services
• Leprosy Review

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