Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies: Political Histories of Indigenous Medicine in North India, 1900-1955

Berger, R.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2013-09-16

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230284555

DOI: 10.1057/9781137315908

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 232