Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c7.s2.t1.19
Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c7.s2.t1.19
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¹ As a fact, the acetabulum is formed by the union of three bones, the ilium, ischium, and os pubis. The anal bone or coccyx does not enter into its formation, and should be omitted. The Suśrutiyan text is probably corrupt, as the confused manuscript readings indicate: see § 97, cl. 6.