Leprosy
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Copy of a letter from [Richard II] to Pope [Boniface IX], [ca 1392?]
Copy of a letter from [Richard II] to Pope [Boniface IX].
Date: [ca 1392?].
Place: no place.
Subject matter: support for brother Thomas Wyke, a leper.
Mention of a seal? No.
Papers of George McGlashan Kerr (1874-1950) and Isabel Kerr (1875-1932)
The collection consists of: correspondence, mainly letters from Kerr and others at the leprosy hospital to Joseph Ross and his wife giving information about their work in India (c 1927-1944); autobiographical notes on Kerr's childhood, decision to become a missionary and early years in India; pamphlets and printed items, referring to the hospital and medical work and with obituaries of Isabel Kerr (1911-1956); and photographs of the Kerr family and Dichpali (3 items, c 1920s).
Poem under the title 'Leprosy', 1885
Poem under the title 'Leprosy' said by a woman 'afflicted with dropsy (leprosy?)' who was set apart from the people and placed in a bothy by herself beginning 'Iosaibh! Eosaibh! Eosaibh! (Joseph?), Iosa bu choir a mholadh'. The text has been scored through in pencil.