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 & linksOnline Searchable Caraka SamhitaTranslation of Caraka Samhita from the episode   Philosophy and Medicine in Classical India ProjectBBC Interview with Prof. Robin Shattock, Imperial College LondonThe Trish Regan Show and the coronavirus --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/malcolm-keating/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/malcolm-keating/support