Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c6.s2.t1.31
Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c6.s2.t1.31
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5. Alteration respecting Structure. With regard to two points Suśruta's views of the skeleton differ very considerably from those of Ātreya-Charaka. These are the structure of the vertebral column and of the skeletal face. On both points, as will be fully explained in §§ 59, and 65, 66, the system of Suśruta marks a distinct advance in anatomical knowledge.