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| Tango01 | 27 Jan 2017 3:35 p.m. PST |
"A medieval skeleton found at a UK burial site has revealed clues to the history of leprosy, say researchers. The remains were excavated from the site of one of UK's earliest known hospitals, near Winchester, Hampshire. Scientific detective work suggests the man was a religious pilgrim who may have caught the disease on his travels. University of Winchester researchers think leprosy may have become common in Europe in the Middle Ages because of the great pilgrimages of the period. Dr Simon Roffey, of the University of Winchester, said investigations of the skeleton have shed light on one of the ways that leprosy might have arrived in England…"
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