This illuminating and often astonishing book, skilfully creates a rich tapestry fromthe writings, experiences, and calling in the vasr lands of India. Baid, Hakim & Doctors is based on the lesser known medical histories of India, that have remained buried in the pages of oft-forgotten medical periodicals and journals.
      Following centuries of persistent invasions from the armies and cultures of other lands and cultures, india became a melting pot of Asian and European medicinal herbs, metals and drugs. The traditional Baid (drug healer) with his knowledge of Ayurveda; the Hakim, with his Persian healing touch; and European doctors, with their new-age inventions, competed with eachother for supremacy as india saw the stuggle and dawn of independence, and her own medical system, largely influenced by her British overlords.
         extensicvely illustrated with both old and new images, the book covers the historical perspectives of diseases and treatment in Indian society the development of Indian medicine (Ayurveda); itsmerger with Persian medicine today. Baid, Hakim & Doctorsis an invaluable addition to the shelf of every medical practitioner, historian, researcher, and kmowledge connoisseur.