The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c2: Table of Contents
The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c2
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TRANSLATOR'S NOTE vii
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PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH VERSION ix
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INTRODUCTION
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CHAPTER ONE
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CLASSICAL INDIAN MEDICINE : THE AYURVEDA
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Legends about the Origins of the Ayurveda—Tradition of the Texts of the Suśruta-saṃhitā—Tradition of the Texts of the Caraka-saṃhitā—Essential Doctrines of the Ayurvedic Texts 1
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CHAPTER TWO
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PRE-ARYAN AND INDO-ARYAN DATA ON MEDICINE
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The First Data—The Indo-Iranian Data—The Waters—The Fire—The Association of the Fire and the Waters—The Wind 32
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CHAPTER THREE
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THE DATA OF THE VEDIC SAMHITAS ON PATHOLOGY
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The Medical Role of the Divinities—Varuṇa, Sin and Disease—Various Diseases—The Profoundly Morbid Impregnations—Isolated Morbid Phenomena—Demons and Abortion—Therapeutics 80
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CHAPTER FOUR
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THE DATA OF VEDIC SAMHITAS CONCERNING ANATOMY 140
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CHAPTER FIVE
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CHAPTER SIX
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VEDA AND AYURVEDA 186
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CHAPTER SEVEN
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THE AYURVEDIC THEORY OF WIND AND GREEK PNEUMATI
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The Text of the Caraka-saṃhitā—The Text of the Bhelasamhita—The Text of the Suśruta-saṃhitā—The Hippocratic Manual “On Breaths” 196
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CHAPTER EIGHT
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The Timaeus of Plato and Indian Medicine 229
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CHAPTER NINE
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COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN GREECE AND INDIA BEFORE ALEXANDER 238
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APPENDIX
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Accadian, Greek and Indian Medical Prognostics 258
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BIBLIOGRAPHY 280