Unbounded Medicine

Today is the Doctor’s Day in Mexico. More facts in this earlier post.
Congratulations to all my colleagues.
“Your natural strenghts, those inside of you, will cure their diseases”
Hippocrates

Introduction
Leprosy has a rich history dating to biblical times.
“Leper” is an ancient term used to identify patients with leprosy who were severely stigmatized by the deformity that resulted from Mycobacterium leprae infection.
In the clinical context, the term Hansen’s disease should be used instead of leprosy. Gerhard Henrick Armauer Hansen, a Norwegian physician, discovered the microbe […]