Abstract This article unravels the nature of interaction amongst indigenous medical practices or nattuvaidyam as reflected in the first Malayalam vaidya (indigenous medicine or medical practitioner) magazine Dhanwantari, published from British Malabar for a span of twenty-three years from 1903. The review of Dhanwantari is done in the context of debates on vaidyam (indigenous medicine), health and social body in other newspapers and magazines published during the same period from other parts of Kerala, such as Vivekodayam, Malayala Manorama, Nasrani Deepika and Yogakshemam. The attempt is not to sketch a linear history of practices, but to show the nature of knowledge incorporation from diverse sources for increasing the acceptance of nattuvaidyam. Print technology introduces new possibilities and enhances the reordering of the literate, neo-literate and non-literate practitioners. It also activates the refiguration of an ayurveda as a separate and unique practice amongst ayurvedas or nattuvaidyam.

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与媒体和机构的接口：二十世纪喀拉拉邦土著医疗从业者的重新排序

摘要 本文揭示了土著医学实践或 nattuvaidyam 之间相互作用的本质，正如第一本马拉雅拉姆语 vaidya（土著医学或医生）杂志 Dhanwantari 所反映的那样，该杂志自 1903 年起在英国马拉巴尔出版了 23 年。 Dhanwantari 的评论在同一时期从喀拉拉邦其他地区出版的其他报纸和杂志上，如 Vivekodayam、Malayala Manorama、Nasrani Deepika 和 Yogakshemam，就 vaidyam（土著医学）、健康和社会机构的辩论进行了讨论。尝试不是勾勒实践的线性历史，而是展示来自不同来源的知识整合的性质，以增加对 nattuvaidyam 的接受。印刷技术引入了新的可能性并增强了识字的重新排序，新文盲和非文盲从业者。它还激活了阿育吠陀的重塑，作为在阿育吠陀或 nattuvaidyam 中独立且独特的实践。