French Travellers’ Treatises on Oriental Diseases and Symptoms: Indo-French Medical History
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Title
French Travellers’ Treatises on Oriental Diseases and Symptoms: Indo-French Medical History
Subject
French Travellers'
Treatises
Oriental Diseases
Indo-French Medical History
Description
French travellers and adventures of the 17th and the 18th centuries had shown immense interest to explore the medical knowledge of the Orient. This article systematically analyzes their observations and evaluation on different diseases, symptoms and effects on patients which helped the travellers and adventurers of the later times by providing medical precautions to be taken before sailing on a voyage to the Orient. This article, based on many translated and un-translated records written in the form of letters, memoirs and travelogues by the French, who visited India, focuses on the varied facets given by them on medical knowledge and history of the Orient. Undoubtedly, the Portuguese and the English travellers also provided interesting accounts on oriental diseases, symptoms and their therapies but those given by the French are yet to be explored in detail.
Creator
Kundra, Sakul
Bhawna
Source
Artha Journal of Social Sciences; Vol. 14 No. 4 (2015): Artha Journal of Social Sciences; 17-40
0000-0000
0975-329X
Publisher
Centre for Publications, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore
Date
2015-10-01
Rights
Copyright (c) 2016 Artha - Journal of Social Sciences
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
Relation
Format
application/pdf
Language
eng
Type
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
Text
Identifier
Collection
Citation
Sakul Kundra and Bhawna, French Travellers’ Treatises on Oriental Diseases and Symptoms: Indo-French Medical History, Centre for Publications, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, 2015, accessed November 7, 2024, https://igi.indrastra.com/items/show/163