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Sun salutations and yoga synthesis in India
Surya namaskars, or sun salutations, have a long history in South Asia, but their place at the heart of modern yoga is more recent.
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The yogi as hermit, warrior, criminal and showman
How the modern world changed the life and reputation of the yogi.
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Yoga gets physical
Modern yoga owes a debt to the physical culture movement that created a world obsessed with health and fitness.
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Making sunstroke insanity
Medical historian Dr Kristin Hussey takes a closer look at sunstroke and mental illness, and how, in the late 19th century, they connected at the crossroads of colonial science and the idea of whiteness.
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Report on the medical topography and statistics of the Presidency Division of the Madras (India) Army, including Fort St. George and its dependencies, within the limits of the Supreme Court
Date: 1842Reference: RAMC/2046Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection- Books
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Reports on Asiatic cholera in regiments of the Madras Army from 1828 to 1844 : with introductory remarks on its modes of diffusion and prevention, and summary of the general method of treatment in India / by Samuel Rogers.
Date: 1848- Journals
The Quarterly journal of veterinary science in India and army animal management.
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Papers and souvenirs of Edward Louis McSheehy
Date: 1857-c.1912Reference: RAMC/1273Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection- Books
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Sketches of the most prevalent diseases of India : comprising a treatise on the epidemic cholera of the East, statistical and topographical reports of the diseases in the different divisions of the army under the Madras presidency ... / by by James Annesley.
Annesley, James, Sir, 1780-1847.Date: 1825