Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c6.s2.t7.3
Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c6.s2.t7.3
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c6.s2.t7.3
‘In the sequel, the skeleton (kikasa) is explained as numbering three hundred bones in accordance with the count of the ancient Surgical Text-book. There are altogether one hundred and twenty bones in the extremities; one hundred and seventeen in the pelvic cavity, sides, abdomen, breast, and back; and sixty-three in the neck and upwards. Counting them, item by item, there are three hundred; but in respect of their shape, they are divisible into five classes.’ (Original Text in § 91.)