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In this groundbreaking work, Susan L. Burns examines the history of leprosy in Japan from medieval times until the present. At the centre of Kingdom of the Sick is the rise of Japan's system of national leprosy sanitaria, which today continue to house more than 1,500 former patients, many of whom have spent five or more decades within them.

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      Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 4/30/2019 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780824879013, 978-0824879013
      ISBN10: 0824879015
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      Asian history Health, illness or addiction: social aspects Social services and welfare, criminology

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      Book Synopsis
      In this groundbreaking work, Susan L. Burns examines the history of leprosy in Japan from medieval times until the present. At the centre of Kingdom of the Sick is the rise of Japan's system of national leprosy sanitaria, which today continue to house more than 1,500 former patients, many of whom have spent five or more decades within them.

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