A comparative study in public health: the history and causes of the decline of leprosy in England and in India

Abstract

This Thesis has been compiled from many, sources. It is wholly the work of the writer. For its compilation some time has been spent at Oxford in gathering together the materials relative to the History of the disease in the British Islands. The Indian portion of the work has been gleaned from many Anglo-Indiansn and some natives and from a large mass of masterial issued by the India Office.The object of the Thesis is to compare what is known of Leprosy in the British Islands with that which is known of the disease in the Indian Empire. A very large quantity of literature has been carefully studied of which there is no record made.