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Consequently, he was guilty of duplicity and dishonesty of conduct, causing Elisha to denounce his crime with righteous sternness, and determine that "the leprosy of Naaman would cleave to him and his descendants for ever". After Elisha cursed Gehazi, Gehazi became leprous "as white as snow" (2 Kings 5.27). [3]
Tzaraath (Hebrew: צָרַעַת ṣāraʿaṯ), variously transcribed into English and frequently translated as leprosy (though it is not Hansen's disease, the disease known as "leprosy" in modern times [1]), is a term used in the Bible to describe various ritually impure disfigurative conditions of the human skin, [2] clothing, [3] and houses. [4]
Alphos (from Greek ἀλφός alphos "a dull white leprosy") is a form of non-contagious leprosy, formerly described by the physician Celsus under the name of vitiligo, a term now used for another skin disease. In alphos, the skin is rough, and looks as if it had drops of white on it, not much differing from morphea.
Leprosy has historically been associated with social stigma, which continues to be a barrier to self-reporting and early treatment. [4] Leprosy is classified as a neglected tropical disease. [21] World Leprosy Day was started in 1954 to draw awareness to those affected by leprosy. [22] [4] The study of leprosy and its treatment is known as ...
Culion leper colony in Culion old town in Palawan, Philippines used to shelter one of the largest population of lepers in Asia, numbering between 3,500-4,000. [12] [13] Taddiport in North Devon, England, formerly a medieval leper colony Abandoned nun's quarters at the leper colony on Chacachacare Island in Trinidad and Tobago
In one sense it is the pleasant whiteness of pearl-barley, or a woman's body, or milk, or unsmutched snow; in another it is the horrifying whiteness of a corpse, or a spectre, or leprosy. … Alphito, it has been shown, combined these senses: for alphos is white leprosy, the vitiliginous sort which attacks the face, and alphiton is barley, and ...
Mycobacterium leprae (also known as the leprosy bacillus or Hansen's bacillus) is one [a] of the two species of bacteria that cause Hansen's disease (leprosy), [1] a chronic but curable infectious disease that damages the peripheral nerves and targets the skin, eyes, nose, and muscles.
"White As Snow" (song), a song by Christian group Maranatha! Singers based on Isaiah 1:18 "White As Snow" (song), a 2010 song by Haste the Day off the album Attack of the Wolf King "White as Snow" (song), a 2014 song by Rivers & Robots off the album All Things New (Rivers & Robots album) "White as Snow" (song), a 2015 song by Capsule off the ...