Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c6.s1.t17.30
Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c6.s1.t17.30
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c6.s1.t17.30
(a) The author of the ‘Anatomy’ noticed the omission of the arms and wrist-bones, and the consequent padding of verse 87 with otiose elements. Hence he entirely rewrote that verse, eliminating all padding, and thus making room for the inclusion of the four wrist-bones (No. 12) and two arms (No. 13).