Stories
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Sacred cows and nutritional purity in India
Apoorva Sripathi explores the complex reasons behind India’s recent boom in all things dairy – beginning with a 1970s Western food-aid programme.
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Indian botanicals and heritage wars
Colonial botanical texts, as astonishingly beautiful as they are, may cast very dark shadows.
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Providing care across languages
When medics are taught in English but their patients speak other languages, effective communication becomes fraught. Niyoshi Shah explores the linguistic gaps between patient and doctor.
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Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life
The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.
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Report on the prevalence & characters of leprosy in the Bombay Presidency, India, based on the official returns of 1867 / by Henry Vandyke Carter.
Carter, H. V. (Henry Vandyke), 1831-1897.Date: 1872- Archives and manuscripts
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Henry Wellcome Letter Book 3 ['Letter Book 3']
Date: Mar 1890 - Nov 1896Reference: WF/E/01/01/03Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Pictures
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Two Shiva devotees known for extracting the poison from a scorpion's bite. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 32948i- Pictures
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Pandit Tudu and his wife. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 32776i- Pictures
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Indian butcher selling meat to some customers. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 32933i