Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c5.18
Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c5.18
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² Indian Medicine is divided into eight branches: (1) Internal Medicine (*Kāya Cikitsā*); (2) Major Surgery (*Śalya*); (3) Minor Surgery (*Śālākya*); (4) Daemonology (*Bhūta-vidyā*); (5) Toxicology (*Viṣa*); (6) Tonics (*Rasāyana*); (7) Aphrodisiacs (*Vṛṣa*); (8) Paedotrophy (*Kumāra-bhṛtya*).