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Lazarettos

Scope note

Use for hospitals treating very dangerous contagious diseases, common during the Middle Ages; for places for the treatment of leprosy specifically, use "leprosaria."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

30006692

Equivalent Terms used

lazaretto

Created

13yrs ago

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