Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c6.s1.t15.9

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2. Among these differences, the items *c*, *d*, and *f* enable us to see the reason which led Gaṅgādhar to elaborate his emended recension of the Non-medical Version. We have seen (§ 17) that the traditional Non-medical Version entirely neglects to count the two arms and four wrist-bones. From the fact of Gaṅgādhar counting the four wrist-bones, it is evident that he had noticed the defect of the traditional recension. But it may be asked why he did not also count the two arms. The answer is indicated