The book deals with the medical encounter between eastern and western medicine. So far, Philip Curtin, David Arnold, Ira Klein, Michael Worboys, Ian Catanach, Ralph, Mark Harrison among others have represented the western view on this historic encounter. There was no reply from the Indian scholars n the debate. The current work is the first major attempt to represent the views of the Indian medical historians. It deals with epidemics, public health, traditional ...
