Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c7.s3.t1.9
Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c7.s3.t1.9
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3. These considerations fully explain Suśruta’s count of nine neck-bones. He counted each of the six upper vertebrae as a single bone; but the seventh he treated in the same way as he treated the thoracic vertebrae (§ 59, cl. 3), that is to say, he counted it as consisting of three bones; viz. a body plus spine, and two transverse processes. He thus obtained 6 + 3 = 9 bones.