Manuscript Number : SHISRRJ192515

From co-operation to Domination : The Changing British perspectives about Indian Medicines in the Nineteenth Century India

Authors(1) :-Indranil Pramanik

The introduction and spread of the Western Medicine in India had to go through a complex process of domination and cooperation. This article explores the possible stages of this process and then tries to go beyond the periodization by exploring the nature of this process in the conclusion.

Authors and Affiliations

Indranil Pramanik
M.Phil Research Scholar, University of Hyderabad, India

Western, Medicine, Domination, Cooperation, Native, Indian, Practices.

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 2 | Issue 5 | September-October 2019
Date of Publication : 2019-09-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 96-105
Manuscript Number : SHISRRJ192515
Publisher : Shauryam Research Institute

ISSN : 2581-6306

Cite This Article :

Indranil Pramanik, "From co-operation to Domination : The Changing British perspectives about Indian Medicines in the Nineteenth Century India", Shodhshauryam, International Scientific Refereed Research Journal (SHISRRJ), ISSN : 2581-6306, Volume 2, Issue 5, pp.96-105, September-October.2019
URL : https://shisrrj.com/SHISRRJ192515

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