Introducing materiality into the study of the history of medicine, this volume hones in on communities across the Indian Ocean World and explores how they under

Introducing materiality into the study of the history of medicine, this volume hones in on communities across the Indian Ocean World and explores how they under

Leprosy, widely mentioned in different religious texts and ancient scriptures, is the oldest scourge of humankind. Cases of leprosy continue to be found across

The Indian Ocean has been the site of multiple interconnected medical interactions that may be viewed in the context of the environmental factors connecting the

Travelling Pasts, edited by Burkhard Schnepel and Tansen Sen, offers an innovative exploration of the issue of heritage in the Indian Ocean world. This collecti