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Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c7.s7.t2.28

Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c7.s7.t2.28

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c7.s7.t2.28

As to the phrase ‘sole-cluster-ankle’, &c., there are five long bones in the sole of the hand and of the foot, and there is a single bone which interlocks them. In each of the clusters and ankles there are two bones. This makes altogether ten bones.