Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c6.s2.t1.30

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4. Alteration of Items. Suśruta omits from his list the thirty-two sockets of the teeth which occur in the list of Charaka (No. 2 in § 4). On the other hand, he introduces the two ears (*karṇa*), and (as may be mentioned here in anticipation of § 30) also the two eyes (*akṣi*). The omission of the sockets is due to Suśruta's counting two jaws in the place of Charaka's one (lower) jaw (No. 26 in § 4). The insertion of the ears and eyes is due to Suśruta's counting cartilaginous structures among the bones of the body (§ 30). The whole subject, however, of these alterations, as well as of others affecting the numbers of the bones in each item, will be discussed in full detail in the Third Section.