Rare Diseases in Mediaeval Europe
M Dooms
Monastic rules made an end to infanticide and child neglect in the Middle-Ages by caring for children with (rare) disorders: disabled impaired citizens became part of daily life. Historic, paleo-pathological, iconographic genetic research revealed several cases acromegaly, achondroplasia, alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency, cystic fibrosis, Down syndrome, Dupuytren's contraction, goiter, Marfan Paget's disease phenylketonuria.
International journal of rare diseases & disorders