Why a Booktrail?
Various : The story of Indian Medicine is a fascinating one indeed
In the Bonesetter’s Waiting Room
What you need to know before your trail
A major history of medicine in India, this book is a combination of travel journal as the author spends a year researching the book, and popular science as she covers the huge variety and complexity of medicine in India: from unani, a model of alternative medicine derived from the works of the ancient Greeks, to Ayurveda, all the way to Kardashian-worthy plastic surgery on Mumbai’s Bollywood elite.
Travel Guide
Her journey is quite stomach churning but ultimately fascinating!
Jaipur and Hyderabad – She visits bonesetter clinics in Jaipur and Hyderabad and the waiting-rooms of Bollywood’s best plastic surgeons. It’s here that she also meets the contrast of Indian medicine – from the traditional healers to the world-beating heart surgeon who is revolutionising treatment of the poor around the globe.
Mumbai’s Dharavi mega-slum – Close your mouth when you read this chapter! There’s an asthma treatment, a so-called ‘cure’ that involves swallowing a live fish! That’s before you see how people with mental health issues!
Meanwhile in Delhi…..there’s some ground-breaking neuroscience happening inside the Mughal walls of old Delhi.
As well as India’s rich plurality of cultures of medicine, there is a rich and wonderful tapestry of medicine just waiting to be discovered.
Booktrail Boarding Pass Information: In the Bonesetter’s Waiting Room
Destination: India Departure Time: Across the years
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