Ayurveda Made Modern
Political Histories of Indigenous Medicine in North India, 1900-1955
Nonfiction, History, Asian, Asia, Science & Nature, Science, Other Sciences
| Author: | R. Berger | ISBN: | 9781137315908 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | September 16, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | R. Berger |
| ISBN: | 9781137315908 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | September 16, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
This book explores the ways in which Ayurveda, the oldest medical tradition of the Indian subcontinent, was transformed from a composite of 'ancient' medical knowledge into a 'modern' medical system, suited to the demands posed by apparatuses of health developed in late colonial India.
This book explores the ways in which Ayurveda, the oldest medical tradition of the Indian subcontinent, was transformed from a composite of 'ancient' medical knowledge into a 'modern' medical system, suited to the demands posed by apparatuses of health developed in late colonial India.
