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Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.), University of Chicago, Faculty of the Divinity School, 2007.

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SUNY series in Hindu studies.

Cover photo taken from Caraka Samhita. Edited by Khemaraja Krishnadasa with a Hindi commentary by Mihiracandra. Mumbai: Shrivenkateshvar Press, 1898.

Production by Kelli Williams-LeRoux.

Marketing by Kate McDonnell.

Introduction: Narrativizing The Body

The Patient's Body In Indian Medical Literature

Fever

Miscarriage

The King's Disease

The Joy of Life of ĀNandarāYamakhin

Conclusion: Medical Narratives and The Narrativized Patient.

Medicine, Ayurvedic > History.

Medical literature > India > History and criticism.

Sanskrit literature > History and criticism.