About the Book: Reason and Medicine
There is no such thing as Chinese, Hindu, Islamic or Europeanphysics or
chemistry. Why then are there distinct schools ofmedicine (Ayurvedic, Chinese,
Unani, Homeopathic, etc.)? What hasbeen the role of witchcraft in the history of
healing? What hasbeen the contribution of women in healing and medicine in
antiquityand in the modern world? Why has the materialist outlook been
soimportant for the development of modern medicine? Why do otherschools of
medicine survive in the modern age? Is ancient Greekmedicine the only heritage
of modern medicine? What have been theIslamic contributions to science and
medicine? What has been thepolitical economy of medicine under