The Middle Ages (34) : Leprous child

This series is an attempt to illustrate how life was going on in the Middle Ages.

Leprosy was omnipresent in the medieval society.
Also children felt victim of this terrible disease, like this young child, suffering from the first disorders.

At a later stage the disease looked like this !

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Photographed at medieval festival of castle Franchimont (Belgium).