Hindu Medicine c5.s3.103
Hindu Medicine c5.s3.103
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c5.s3.103
the popular religious teachings of the Purāṇas and the theories of the medical texts proper agree as to the divine and demonic character of diseases, those in particular whose symptom is fever. The popular compilations, in fact, draw upon the learned texts for their chapters on diseases and healing; what they tell the lay-folk whom they address could as well figure in a medical textbook.