[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.hoernle-1907) › c5.18 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.hoernle-1907.c5.18) 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\*). - [Previous: c5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.hoernle-1907.c5.17) - [Next: c5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.hoernle-1907.c5.19) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.hoernle-1907.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.hoernle-1907.c5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.hoernle-1907.c5.18) · Pramāṇa