Apalak Das is Assistant Professor in the Department of History, Rani Birla Girls' College under Calcutta University, India. He did his PhD from the Department of History, Jadavpur University on Leprosy in Bengal in 2022. His research looks broadly at the social history of medicine in colonial India. He was also a former Research Fellow of the History of Medicine Fellowship at the Asiatic Society, Kolkata, for a two-year term, 2017-2019.
Inhaltsangabe
List of Illustrations x Foreword xii Acknowledgements xiii List of Abbreviations xvi Glossary xviii Introduction 1 1 Colonialism, Legislation and Leprosy: Bengal and Empire 16 2 Objectifying 'Lepers', Constructing Identity: Missionaries and Colonial Care in the Leper Asylums of Bengal 57 3 Empire and Institution: Leprosy Research in the Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine (CSTM) 115 4 Nationalising Disease: 'Kustha cikitsha' and 'Kustha rogi' in Bengali Newspapers and Health Periodicals 155 Conclusion 193 Bibliography 206 Index 227
List of Illustrations x Foreword xii Acknowledgements xiii List of Abbreviations xvi Glossary xviii Introduction 1 1 Colonialism, Legislation and Leprosy: Bengal and Empire 16 2 Objectifying 'Lepers', Constructing Identity: Missionaries and Colonial Care in the Leper Asylums of Bengal 57 3 Empire and Institution: Leprosy Research in the Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine (CSTM) 115 4 Nationalising Disease: 'Kustha cikitsha' and 'Kustha rogi' in Bengali Newspapers and Health Periodicals 155 Conclusion 193 Bibliography 206 Index 227
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