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Medical Works of the Medieval Period from India and Central Asia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Mansura Haidar*
Affiliation:
Aligarh Muslim University

Abstract

Medical sciences have developed in India from time immemorial. This paper presents a detailed outlook of the development of these techniques in medieval India and Indo-Central Asia. The different authors, works and techniques of that time are recalled and compared in order to provide an overall view of this barely known tradition.

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Articles
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Copyright © ICPHS 2008

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