Dr. Susan Burns (University of Chicago)

Meiji at 150

Dr. Susan Burns (University of Chicago) Burns, Susan; Grunow, Tristan

Description

In this episode, Dr. Burns positions the history of leprosy in Japan amidst changing conceptions of disease and medical practice in the Tokugawa and Meiji periods. We discuss premodern understandings of disease as karmic retribution, government responses to infectious disease, the geographical distribution of medical institutions, and geospatial stigmas associated with the afflicted.

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Title	Dr. Susan Burns (University of Chicago)
Alternate Title	Meiji at 150 (Podcast). Episode 91
Creator	Burns, Susan; Grunow, Tristan
Date Issued	2019-02-05
Description	In this episode, Dr. Burns positions the history of leprosy in Japan amidst changing conceptions of disease and medical practice in the Tokugawa and Meiji periods. We discuss premodern understandings of disease as karmic retribution, government responses to infectious disease, the geographical distribution of medical institutions, and geospatial stigmas associated with the afflicted.
Subject	Meiji period, 1868-1912; medical practice; leprosy; infectious diseases
Geographic Location	Japan
Type	Sound
Language	eng
Date Available	2022-07-05
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0415984
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/81977
Affiliation	Arts, Faculty of; History, Department of; Non UBC
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Faculty
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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