Leprosy was first described in China by Chao Yuanfang in Etiology of Diseases .[Other][China]
BC475
475 BC The earliest case recorded in Zhan Guo Ce , Book of the Warring States , 475-221 BC states that during the Yin-Shang period (1066 BC), Qi-Zi painted himself with Chinese lacquer to imitate leprosy, thus avoiding prosecution and death. (Extracted by H Y Li from a publication edited by Lu Jian-Min and Ye Gan-Yun, Hubei Scientific Technology Press, 1991)[Other][China]
BC475
During the Warring States (475-221 BC), leprosy was called "Li" or "Li-Feng". "Li" means a severe disease in ancient Chinese and "feng" means a contagious disease in traditional Chinese medicine. Information supplied by H Y Li )[Other][China]
BC457
In Shi-Ji , the Book of the Assassinators written by historian Si Ma Qian, 145-90? BC, Yu-Rang disguised himself as suffering from leprosy in order to assassinate Zhao Xiang-Zi (457 BC). (Extracted by H Y Li from a publication edited by Lu Jian-Min and Ye Gan-Yun, Hubei Scientific Technology Press, 1991)[Other][China]
BC436
436 BC Most Chinese scholars believe that the inscriptions in the classic Lun Yu , 436 BC, give a vivid account of Confucius (550-479 BC) visiting the isolated Ran Bo-Niu, one of his 72 disciples (544-477 BC), who was suffering from leprosy. (Extracted by H Y Li from a publication edited by Lu Jian-Min and Ye Gan-Yun, Hubei Scientific Technology Press, 1991)[Other][China]
BC420
The term Li Xiang, used in the State of Chu (today, known as the Hunnan-Hubei Province) referred to villages with many patients. This was cuurrent during the Period of the Warring States. (Extracted by H Y Li from a publication edited by Lu Jian-Min and Ye Gan-Yun, Hubei Scientific Technology Press, 1991)[Other]
BC300
4th Century: Boudha King of Lanka (‘Upatis’) created Aturalaya (Punyashala) for leprosy patients (Dongre, ILA History Workshop, July 2000).[Other][India]
BC206
During the Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD), the Marquis of Ping-Yang; Chao Shi was suffering from leprosy and was forced to divorce and was exiled. (Extracted by H Y Li from a publication edited by Lu Jian-Min and Ye Gan-Yun, Hubei Scientific Technology Press, 1991)[Other][China]
43
Galen wrote of leprosy in Germany[Publication]
265
During the Jin (265-426 AD), Tang (618-907 AD) dynasties and thereafter, there were many medical recordings giving vivid and systematic descriptions of the symptoms and treatments for leprosy. (Extracted by H Y Li from a publication edited by Lu Jian-Min and Ye Gan-Yun, Hubei Scientific Technology Press, 1991)[Other][China]
380
636 leper houses in Italy, Verdun, and Maestricht (Rogers 2).[Epidemiology][Europe]
556
Li Ren-FangDuring the Nan-Bei Dynasty (420-589 AD), in the seventh year of Tian-Bao (556 AD), Li Ren-Fang was annexed to the Bhuddist Monastry in Henan Province. This was the first recorded leprosy asylum in China.[Leprosarium][China]
581
Sun Si-Mao (581-682 AD) was a famous traditional medical doctor from the Tang Dynasty who personally treated more than 600 people with leprosy. His writings, Qian Jin Yao Fang and Qian Jin Yi Fang , contain eight dissertations and twenty recipes on leprosy, as well as commentary on principles for the treatment of leprosy. Information supplied by H Y Li )[People, Treatment][China]
During the Tang Dynasty (684-705 AD), an official-in-charge of leprosy was appointed. (Extracted by H Y Li from a publication edited by Lu Jian-Min and Ye Gan-Yun, Hubei Scientific Technology Press, 1991)[Other][China]
701
701-760 AD: Empress Komyo of Japan provided care for leprosy victims.[Other][Japan]
757
Pepin of France issued a decree making the marriage of those with leprosy illegal and the disease a reason for divorce.[Legislation][Europe]
758
Empress Komyo founded the first leprosy hospital in Japan in Nara.[Other][Japan]
845
In 845 AD, the Imperial Court of Tang took over all the different leprosy asylums: Li Ren-Fang, Yang Bing-Fang, Bei Tian-Yuan managed by the monastries. (Extracted by H Y Li from a publication edited by Lu Jian-Min and Ye Gan-Yun, Hubei Scientific Technology Press, 1991)[Other][China]
868
Leper house in Ireland.[Other][Europe]
950
Leprosy known in Wales (James Y Simpson quoted in Rogers).[Other][Europe]
960
In the Song (960-127 AD), Yuan (1271-1368 AD), Ming (1368-1644 AD) and Qing Dynasties (1644-1911 AD), asylums for leprosy were established in the different provinces as an act of benevolence by Bhuddist monks, Christian missionaries, or local philanthropists. (Extracted by H Y Li from a publication edited by Lu Jian-Min and Ye Gan-Yun, Hubei Scientific Technology Press, 1991)[Other][China]
1000
1000-1400: Leprosy was endemic in Europe after the Crusades.[Other][Europe]
1000
Eleventh Century - Albergaria dos Mirléus in Coimbra, Portugal, became a leprosy house[Other][Europe]
1000
Eleventh and Twelfth Century: seventy-five leprosy houses in Portugal[Other][Europe]
1067
First leprosarium in Spain, at Palenca, established by the Cid.[Other][Europe]
1100
Twelfth - Thirteenth Century: Leprosy first known in Iceland (Ehlers quoted in Rogers 17).[Other][Europe]
1101
Leper house at St Giles, near London.[Other][Europe]
1127
Around 1127 AD (Song Dynasty), Taoist Bei Yuzhan successfully used chaulmoogra oil in China[Treatment][China]
1127
In the past, traditional Chinese medicine use acupuncture, different herbal and mineral medicines to treat leprosy. During the South-Sung Dynasty (112-1129), chaulmoogra was used in the treatment of leprosy. It is believed that it was introduced into China by Indian Bhuddist monks. (Extracted by H Y Li from a publication edited by Lu Jian-Min and Ye Gan-Yun, Hubei Scientific Technology Press, 1991)[Treatment][China]