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Meiji at 150
Dr. Susan Burns (University of Chicago) Burns, Susan; Grunow, Tristan
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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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Dr. Susan Burns (University of Chicago)
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Meiji at 150 (Podcast). Episode 91
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2019-02-05
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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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eng
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2022-07-05
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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10.14288/1.0415984
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Unreviewed
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Faculty
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International