Celia Wolf Devine News Today

A 14th century illustration of two lepers denied entry into a city In the ancient world, leprosy was greatly feared. There was no known cure, and the victim became increasingly disfigured and disgusting looking. In Biblical times, they were segregated, dressed in rags, had to muffle their beards and ring a clapper bell to alert people to their presence, crying out: “unclean, unclean”. In the popular imagination leprosy was often thought to be connected with some sort of sin or spiritual unc...