Might also be helpful for religious studies even though its a history paper
Secular medicine and its attitudes towards leprosy in medieval Christian and Islamic communities were
influenced by social and religious traditions. Lack of real medical knowledge allowed these influences to affect the
understanding and treatment of disease, as well as the status of the leper in society. Medieval views of leprosy in
Christian and Islamic societies illustrated these ideas. Despite their different cultures and religions, there were some
similar and analogous trains of thought in the understan…
