The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c9.9

c9.9

"Being free from barbarous interpolations and foreign words, it is calculated to chasten the language of the new vernacular medical literature. On this account we trust Government will insist on a knowledge of this work by all their licentiates in Bengali or English. In that way alone can a proper taste be created for the careful study of Bengali, the want of which is painfully apparent in many of the recently issued vernacular medical publications."—*Indian Medical Gazette, January, 1874.*