[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.hoernle-1907) › c7.t2.3 # Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c7.t2.3 Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c7.t2.3 - **Language:** English ### [c7.t2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.hoernle-1907.c7.t2.3) ‘No accurate account of any part of the body, including even its skin, can be rendered without a knowledge of anatomy. Hence any one who wishes to acquire a thorough knowledge of anatomy must prepare a dead body, and carefully examine all its parts. For it is only by combining both direct ocular observation and the information of text-books that thorough knowledge is obtained. For this purpose one should select a body which is complete in all its parts. It should also be the body of a person who was not excessively old, nor who died - [Previous: c7.t2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.hoernle-1907.c7.t2.2) - [Next: c7.t2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.hoernle-1907.c7.t2.4) - [Up: c7.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.hoernle-1907.c7.t2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.hoernle-1907.c7.t2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.hoernle-1907.c7.t2.3) · Pramāṇa