Lepers : thirty-six years' work among them being the history of the Mission to Lepers in India and the East, 1874-1910 / by John Jackson ; with a short introduction by the Dowager Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava.

  • Jackson, John, 1853-1917.
Date:
1910
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Credit: Lepers : thirty-six years' work among them being the history of the Mission to Lepers in India and the East, 1874-1910 / by John Jackson ; with a short introduction by the Dowager Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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