In the bonesetter's waiting-room : travels through Indian medicine
Prasad, Aarathi2016
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India defies definition, and the story of medicine in India is similarly rich and complex: shaped by unique challenges and opportunities, uniting cutting-edge technological developments with ancient cultural traditions, fuelled by political changes which transformed the lives of millions and moulded by the energy of forceful individuals. Here, Aarathi Prasad investigates how Indian medicine came to be the way it is. Her travels will take her to bonesetter clinics in Jaipur and Hyderabad and the waiting-rooms of Bollywood's best plastic surgeons, and introduce her to traditional healers as well as the world-beating heart surgeon who is revolutionising treatment of the poor around the globe.
Main title:
In the bonesetter's waiting-room : travels through Indian medicine / Aarathi Prasad.
Author:
Prasad, Aarathi, authorWellcome Collection, associated with work
Imprint:
London : Profile Books, 2016.
Collation:
214 pages : map (black and white) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Radio tie-in.Published in association with Wellcome Collection.
ISBN:
9781781254868 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
610.954
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1146966