Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c6.s1.t9.6

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5. It is probable, however, that a further correction should be made. It will be noted that all the inconsistencies and corruptions, noticed in the case of the list of Charaka (§§ 5, 6), occur also in the list of Bheḍa. Accordingly, just as in the list of Charaka, No. 16 a, aṃsa, shoulders, should be omitted, and on the other hand, in No. 9, ‘four wrist-bones’ should be read instead of ‘two wrist-bones’. The total 360 thus remains untouched.