The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c15.74

c15.74

In the *Suśruta-saṃhitā*, the third among the chief texts of Indian medicine, the teaching corresponding to the *Indriyasthānas* of Bhela and Caraka is incorporated in the *Sūtrasthāna* and is much better systematised. The five chapters XXIX-XXXIII, devoted to the same, respectively deal with the presages, subjective fatal symptoms, the "shadow" of the patient, other objective signs and particularly incurable diseases.