Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Indian and British Concepts of Leprosy and of the Leprosy Sufferer Patient or Prisoner? Leprosy Sufferers in British Institutional Care Colonial Medicine in the Indigenous Context Leprosy Treatment: Indigenous and British Approaches Leprosy Research and the Development of Colonial Medical Science The Politics of Leprosy Control Confining Leprosy Sufferers: The Lepers Act Conclusion Notes Biographies Bibliography Index