Physicians examining of a patient with Leprosy. Because of the fear of contracting Leprosy by contact with a sufferer, lepers were considered unclean and isolated in Leper Hospitals. Woodcut, Amsterdam, 1593.

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Physicians examining of a patient with Leprosy. Because of the fear of contracting Leprosy by contact with a sufferer, lepers were considered unclean and isolated in Leper Hospitals. Woodcut, Amsterdam, 1593.

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