Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c6.s2.t1.23

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1. The Principle of Position. Suśruta divides the body into three parts, and explicitly enumerates the bones in accordance with their position in those divisions. Charaka (as representing Ātreya) also refers to this principle, but does not explicitly apply it to his enumeration. In fact, if the Traditional Recension (§ 4) is correct, he does not strictly adhere to it (§ 5).