Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c6.s1.t6.2

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(a) Nos. 4 and 5 *b* are obviously the very same bones, that is to say, the long bones of the metacarpus and metatarsus. It makes no difference whether they are considered from the inner side (palm, or sole, No. 4) or from the outer side (back, *pṛṣṭha*, No. 5 *b*) of the hand or foot.