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Leprosy and medieval leper colonies in Northern England


Infectious Diseases

  • Description

    .....the leper's window(down in the bottom left-hand corner is where they were allowed to take holy communion) the window measures 2 arm lengths--so only the fingers reached and therefore leprosy passed on from one person to the other

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    skittzitilby

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    Flickr (Flickr)

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    What does this mean? All Rights Reserved (Seek permission to reuse)

  • Further information

    Link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/7329324@N04/506469831/
    Resource type: Image
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 4 years, 10 months ago
    Viewed: 422 times
    Picture Taken: 2007-05-20T19:42:20

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