Recipes for immortality medicine, religion, and community in South India /
In this book, Weiss seeks to illuminate the present success of traditional doctors by examining the ways that siddha practitioners in Tamil South India have won the trust and patronage of patients. They do this, he shows, by offering affiliation to a timeless and pure community, the fantasy of a Tam...
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2009
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Autonomy of Tradition: Creating Space for Traditional Medicine
- 3. The Miraculous Origins of Siddha Medicine
- 4. The Invasion of Utopia: The Corruption of Siddha Medicine by Ayurveda
- 5. Reviving the Utopian Character of Siddha Medicine
- 6. Secrecy, Hereditary Education, and the Immortality of Siddha Medicine
- 7. The Loss and Recovery of Medical Knowledge
- 8. Conclusion: The Holy Science of Siddha Medicine
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
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