Empire and Leprosy in Colonial Bengal

2026/03/10 by Shubham Pathak, Vinita Chandra · 1 voice
Medicine · Social Sciences · #Leprosy Research and Treatment #Anthropological Studies and Insights #South Asian Studies and Conflicts

paper · doi:10.1080/03086534.2026.2638905

Abstract

Over the past three decades, the historiography of illness in colonial South Asia has undergone a decisive shift away from accounts of charitable medicine or administrative advancement to examine t...

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