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The history of leprosy in south India not only provides a fascinating insight into an endemic disease. It offers a context for the detailed examination of the political, economic and social life of south India in the nineteenth century and the exploration of global issues such as the stigmatism of disease, the development of scientific medicine, the articulation of class distinctions and the nature and functioning of colonial power.
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Buckingham, J. (2002). Conclusion. In: Leprosy in Colonial South India. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403932730_9
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