Contributions of ancient Indian physicians - Implications for modern times

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-78

  Singh, J ^a   Desai, M S ^b   Pandav, Chandrakant S ^c   Desai, S P ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Ancient medicine; biographical study; evolution of medicine

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INDIA; PHYSICIAN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; INDIA; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84859199306     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: 09722823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.93259     Document Type: Article

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