CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

A TECHNICAL NOTE

ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION

PART I: IN THE CAPITAL

1  READING PAINTINGS, PAINTING THE MEDICAL, MEDICALIZING THE STATE

2  ANATOMY OF AN ATTITUDE: MEDICINE COMES OF AGE

PART II: BONES OF CONTENTION

3  THE WORD OF THE BUDDHA

4  THE EVIDENCE OF THE BODY: MEDICAL CHANNELS, TANTRIC KNOWING

5  TANGLED UP IN SYSTEM: THE HEART, IN THE TEXT AND IN THE HAND

CODA: INFLUENCE, RHETORIC, AND RIDING TWO HORSES AT ONCE

PART III: ROOTS OF THE PROFESSION

6  WOMEN AND GENDER

7  THE ETHICS OF BEING HUMAN: THE DOCTOR’S FORMATION IN A MATERIAL REALM

CONCLUSION: WAYS AND MEANS FOR MEDICINE

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

INDEX