tailieunhanh - The Leper in England

There is perhaps no subject of greater interest, nor one which awakens more sympathy, than that of the Leper; it affords a most curious, though painful topic of enquiry, particularly in the present day, when so much has been said and written, as to the probability and possibility of the loathsome scourge again obtaining a hold in this, our own country. Much confusion and ignorance exists, as to what true Leprosy really is. I do not pretend, nor do I assume, to be in any way an authority on the disease, nor to be at all deeply versed in the matter; my remarks will consist chiefly. | The Leper in England with some account of by Robert Charles Hope 1 THE LEPER IN ENGLAND Robert Charles Hope The Leper in England with some account of by Robert Charles Hope The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Leper in England with some account of English lazar-houses by Robert Charles Hope This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title The Leper in England with some account of English lazar-houses Author Robert Charles Hope Release Date August 19 2009 EBook 29737 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE LEPER IN ENGLAND Produced by Julie Barkley Irma Spehar and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http THE LEPER IN ENGLAND WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF The Leper in England with some account of by Robert Charles Hope English Lazar Houses. 2 WITH NOTES. BY ROBERT CHARLES HOPE . . Peterhouse Cambridge and Lincoln s Inn. Member of the Royal Archeological Institute of Great Britain. Editor of Barnabe Googe s Popish Kingdome. Author of Glossary of Dialectal Place-Nomenclature. An Inventory of the Church Plate in Rutland. English Goldsmiths c. c. SCARBOROUGH JOHN HAGYARD PRINTER GAZETTE ST. NICHOLAS STREET. CONTENTS. PAGE TITLE 1 DEDICATION 3 CONTENTS 5 FORESPEECH 7 THE LEPROSY OF SCRIPTURE 9 THE LEPROSY OF THE MIDDLE AGES 13 LAZAR HOUSES 16 STATUS OF LEPERS 26 SUMMARY 29 APPENDIX 39 LAZAR HOUSES 43 Dedicated TO THE VEN. R. FREDERICK L. BLUNT . . . ARCHDEACON OF THE EAST RIDING CANON RESIDENTIARY OF YORK VICAR OF SCARBOROUGH CHAPLAIN-IN-ORDINARY TO THE QUEEN SURROGATE FELLOW OF KING S COLLEGE LONDON CHAPLAIN TO THE ROYAL NORTHERN SEA-BATHING INFIRMARY SCARBOROUGH WHO OCCUPIED THE CHAIR ON THE OCCASION AND AT WHOSE REQUEST THE LECTURE WAS DELIVERED. FORESPEECH. The