Somatic Lessons : Narrating Patienthood and Illness in Indian Medical Literature.

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cerulli, Anthony Michael
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : State University of New York Press, 2012.
Colección:SUNY series in Hindu studies.
Temas:
Medical literature > India > History and criticism.
Medicine, Ayurvedic > History.
Sanskrit literature > History and criticism.
Médecine > Documentation > Inde > Histoire et critique.
Āyurveda > Histoire.
Littérature sanscrite > Histoire et critique.
Medical literature
Medicine, Ayurvedic
Sanskrit literature
India
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Somatic Lessons: Narrating Patienthood and Illness in Indian Medical Literature
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Note on Transliteration, Pronunciation, and Translation
  • Chapter 1: Introduction: Narrativizing the Body
  • Intended Audience
  • Plan of the Book
  • Chapter 2: The Patientâ€?s Body in Indian Medical Literature
  • Medical Context and Organization
  • Bodytalk I: Diseases, Prognoses, and Therapies
  • Bodytalk II: The Three Humors
  • Medical Storytelling
  • Reality and Experience: Men Attending to Womenâ€?s BodiesNature versus Nurture
  • Chapter 5: The Kingâ€?s Disease
  • Terminology
  • The Narrative of the Kingâ€?s Disease
  • Regal and Mythic History
  • Astral and Terrestrial Observations
  • The Royal Patient
  • Chapter 6: The Joy of Life of Ä€nandarÄ?yamakhin
  • The Joy of Life in Context
  • The Narrative Trajectory of The Joy of Life
  • The Kingâ€?s Disease and The Joy of Life
  • pravá¹?tti-nivá¹?tti/VijÃ"Ä?naÅ?arman-JÃ"Ä?naÅ?arman
  • Within the Walls of the Lotus City
  • Chapter 7: Conclusion: Medical Narratives and the Narrativized PatientMedical Storytelling and Somatic Lessons
  • The Narrativized Patient
  • Glossary
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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