Hardiman, David (2008) Review of Old potions, new bottles : recasting indigenous medicine in colonial Punjab, 1850-1945, by Sivaramakrishnan, K. Bulletin of the History of Medicine, Vol.82 (No.2). pp. 464-465. ISSN 1086-3176

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Abstract

Old Potions, New Bottles shows how indigenous medical practice in north India became polarized during the late colonial period into three separate systems, each of which claimed an antique heritage and was associated with a particular language tradition and religion. Ayurveda came to be seen as a system rooted in Sanskrit and Hindi and was practiced and used by Hindus. Yunani Tibb was depicted as an Arabic system, associated with the Urdu language and Islam. Punjabi Baidak claimed itself to be a distinctively Punjabi system, rooted in Sikh culture and religion. In the process, each tried to associate itself with particular nationalisms—Indian, Pakistani, and Punjabi Sikh. Although the nationalist leaders themselves were not always enthusiastic in their response—as they generally believed in the superiority of biomedicine—these systems gained some recognition after independence in 1947, with government-regulated colleges, degrees, and systems of registration.

Item Type:	Book Review
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > DS Asia R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts > History > Centre for the History of Medicine Faculty of Arts > History
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Traditional medicine -- Punjab (India) -- History
Journal or Publication Title:	Bulletin of the History of Medicine
Publisher:	The Johns Hopkins University Press
ISSN:	1086-3176
Book Title:	Old Potions, New Bottles: Recasting Indigenous Medicine in Colonial Punjab, 1850-1945
Date:	2008
Volume:	Vol.82
Number:	No.2
Page Range:	pp. 464-465
Identification Number:	10.1353/bhm.0.0021
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/36016

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