GASA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Fetus, Kashyapa, Miscarriage
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We will see this small field of study shaped by niceties of larger belief. The materials we will examine are all historical, coming from india, tibet and japan. We will see sound observation, superstition and religion; plus transmission of information from region to region in. We will begin with portions from 3 medical texts: readings 2. 1, 2. 2 and 2. 3. Then we shall move away from medical material, turning, first to buddhist expositions (reading 2. 4), then to japanese mythology (reading 2. 5). The a gah daya (the heart of medicine) of v gbha a (6th-7th century). This text is one of the three principal texts of yurveda (the science of long life), the classical south asian medical tradition (the other two are the. Before we begin, we should take note of an important concept in the system. There are three forces in the body, wind, bile and phlegm.
