Summary
What does an ancient Sanskrit text have to tell us about reasoning about the coronavirus and debating with people about its treatment? Caraka’s Compendium, a medical treatise, gives some guidelines for when to bother debating with people, and whom we should trust with our health.
Sources & links
Online Searchable Caraka Samhita
Translation of Caraka Samhita from the episode
Philosophy and Medicine in Classical India Project
BBC Interview with Prof. Robin Shattock, Imperial College London
The Trish Regan Show and the coronavirus
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