Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c6.s2.t1.3

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3. The recension which is found in Jīvānanda's and all other prints, and which, in the sequel, will be referred to as the Traditional Recension, has in its favour not only all available manuscripts, but also all ancient commentaries on the Compendium of Suśruta, as well as all such older medical works as adopt Suśruta's system of the skeleton. Or shortly, the Traditional Recension is supported by the whole body of existing witnesses.