Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c6.s2.t1.25

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‘In particular, just as there are in the leg (or lower limb) the three mortal spots: ankle, knee, and ischio-pubic arch,¹ so there are in the arm (or upper limb) the three mortal spots: wrist, elbow (kūrpara), and collar-bone. Just as between the hip-bone and the scrotum there is the ischio-pubic arch, so between the breast-bone and the armpit there is the clavicular arch.’