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In the Bonesetter’s Waiting Room

Travels through Indian medicine

[A] focused and fascinating journey.

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Here, Aarathi Prasad investigates how Indian medicine came to be the way it is. Her travels take her to bonesetting clinics in Jaipur and Hyderabad and the waiting rooms of Bollywood’s best plastic surgeons, and introduce her to traditional healers as well as the world-beating heart surgeon who is revolutionising treatment of the poor around the globe.

From the asthma treatment ‘cure’ that involves swallowing a live fish, to ground-breaking mental health initiatives in Mumbai’s Dharavi mega-slum and neuroscience happening inside the Mughal walls of old Delhi, ‘In the Bonesetter’s Waiting Room’ tells the story of the Indian people, in sickness and in health, and provides a unique perspective on the most diverse and fascinating country in the world.

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Date published
Format
Paperback
Extent
256 pages
ISBN
9781781254875

About the author

Aarathi Prasad

Aarathi Prasad is a biologist and writer. She has appeared on TV and radio programmes, including BBC Radio 4, Channel 4 and the Discovery Channel. She is the author of ‘Like A Virgin: How Science is Redesigning the Rules of Sex’. She lives in London.