Ayurveda Made Modern

Zusatztext

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.

Autorenportrait

Rachel Berger is Associate Professor of Modern South Asian History at Concordia University, Canada.

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