Somatic Lessons: Narrating Patienthood and Illness in Indian Medical Literature

Somatic Lessons: Narrating Patienthood and Illness in Indian Medical Literature Somatic Lessons: Narrating Patienthood and Illness in Indian Medical Literature Contents List of Figures Acknowledgments Abbreviations Note on Transliteration, Pronunciation, and Translation Chapter 1: Introduction: Narrativizing the Body Intended Audience Plan of the Book Chapter 2: The Patient’s Body in Indian Medical Literature Medical Context and Organization Bodytalk I: Diseases, Prognoses, and Therapies Bodytalk II: The Three Humors Medical Storytelling Sources of Āyurveda: Carakasaṃhitā and Suśrutasaṃhitā Is there an Ayurvedic Way of Thinking (about the Body)? Chapter 3: Fever The Narrative of Fever The Structure of Fever in Narrative Discourse Fever in Brief Historical Outline Fever and Attachment Fever and Rudra’s Anger Chapter 4: Miscarriage Text-Historical Framework of the Kāśyapasaṃhitā Compendium Contents Definitional Issues The Narrative of Miscarriage Character Sketches From Heaven to Earth, from Goddess to Avatar Reality and Experience: Men Attending to Women’s Bodies Nature versus Nurture Chapter 5: The King’s Disease Terminology The Narrative of the King’s Disease Regal and Mythic History Astral and Terrestrial Observations The Royal Patient Chapter 6: The Joy of Life of Ānandarāyamakhin The Joy of Life in Context The Narrative Trajectory of The Joy of Life The King’s Disease and The Joy of Life pravṛtti-nivṛtti/Vijñānaśarman-Jñānaśarman Within the Walls of the Lotus City Chapter 7: Conclusion: Medical Narratives and the Narrativized Patient Medical Storytelling and Somatic Lessons The Narrativized Patient Glossary Notes References Index