The History of Indian Literature c8.50

c8.50

As regards Medicine, we find, especially in the Saṃhitá of the Atharvan, a number of songs addressed to illnesses and healing herbs, from which, however, there is not much to be gathered. Animal anatomy was evidently thoroughly understood, as each separate part had its own distinctive name. Alexander’s companions, too, extol the Indian physicians, especially for their treatment of snake-bite.