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The Dai and the Indigenous: Notes on the Appearance and Disappearance of a Figure in the Therapeutics of a Nation

The Dai and the Indigenous: Notes on the Appearance and Disappearance of a Figure in the Therapeutics of a Nation

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Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 278 pages
Publication date: 30 January 2026
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

A study of the conflict between western and indigenous systems and practices of medicine, this book explores the shifting meanings of indigenous medicine within the therapeutic language that emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in India, with reference to the exclusion of the indigenous dai or midwife.

Weight: 530g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032859385

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