Love, happiness, and disease. These are a few things that today we call &nbsp;"contagious." But how did thinkers in the Indian subcontinent, before &nbsp;the discovery of viruses, understand diseases and their treatment? This &nbsp;podcast is part two of a two-part interview with Patricia Sauthoff, an &nbsp;expert in the history of alchemy and medicine in India.&nbsp;
Sources and links&nbsp;
Dominik Wujastyk, <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/286332/the-roots-of-ayurveda-by-various/">The Roots of Ayurveda</a>
<a href="http://www.carakasamhitaonline.com/mediawiki-1.32.1/index.php?title=Main_Page">Caraka Samhita online</a>
<a href="https://patriciasauthoff.com/?page_id=20">Patricia Sauthoff</a> is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Alberta with the <a href="http://ayuryog.org/">The AyurYog project.</a>

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Teaser: Episode 6

In this informal bite-sized podcast, we'll talk about a range of ideas found in Indian philosophy, along with their connections to the modern day. Your host is a philosopher who reads Sanskrit texts and thinks about how the modern and premodern are intertwined. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/malcolm-keating/support