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difference we must remember that Suśruta’s osteological system is strictly dominated by the principle of homology (§ 28), according to which the skeleton is considered as consisting of two lateral halves divided by a mesial plane running through the vertebral column. This plane cuts the frontal and occipital bones into two halves. As a matter of fact, these two bones consist of two halves, indicated by the frontal and occipital crests respectively (Figs. 27 and 28). In the case of the occipital bone, it is true, the two halves coalesce into one from the beginning of