Saints protectors from leprosy: historical hints of suggestive therapy?

作者信息

Muzur Amir, Skrobonja Ante, Rotschild Vlasta, Skrobonja Ante

机构信息

Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, 74 Fenwood Road, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

出版信息

Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis. 2002 Dec;70(4):269-73.

PMID:12768928

Abstract

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.

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