G.Jan Meulenbeld Dominik Wujastyk

Studies on Indian Medical History/ - Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass publishers, 2001. - 243p.

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reflections on the basic concepts of Indian pharmacognosy, on the identification of vedic plant, carakasamhitha, sarirasthana 1 and vaisesika philosophy, epilepsy according to the rgyud -bzi, vaidurya,le carres magiques dans la medecine indienne, on madhavacikitsa, colonial interactions,Indian and European practitioners of medicine from the sixteenth century, A Pious Fraud: Indian claims for pre-Jennerian smallpox vaccination, the establishment of native lunatic asylums in early 19th century British India, modern observations,doctor -patient relationship, doctors' and patients' shares of consultation, phases of consultation, contrasting treatment of witches in three communities in Mewar, dialogue in research on traditional Indian medicine

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