Indian Medicine (Medicin), translated by C. G. Kashikar c4.8

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS :- I have now to do the pleasant duty of acknowledging the manifold help received by me with regard to the publication of this work. First of all, I must thank the proprietors of Messrs. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, for allowing me to publish my translation of Jolly's *Medicin*. I am grateful to Dr. J. Filliozat—a great scholar of philology as well as medical science, for obliging me with an enlightened Foreword to this book. His contributions to the knowledge of the history of the Indian medical science are of far-reaching effect and his conclusions, based of course on sound evidence, that the Indian science not only played a leading part in fixing the scientific thought of Asia, but also has left a mark on the scientific thought of ancient Greece and therefore of the West, will be widely appreciated. I deem it an honour to have a Foreword to my book by such a great scholar. In compiling the Notes I have made use of the writings of a number of scholars published during the last half century and I most gratefully acknowledge the debt due to them. To the authorities of the Āyurveda Mahāvidyālaya, Poona, I am indebted in many ways. As already said, the opportunity given to me by them to teach the history of Āyurvedic literature was entirely responsible for my study of this subject. In this connection, I bow to the memory of the late Āyurvedācārya Purushottamashastri Nanal—the moving spirit of the Mahāvidyālaya, who had commendable organising capacity and great enthusiasm for the uplift of Āyurveda. Moreover, the Mahāvidyālaya facilitated the publication of this book by printing a number of pages of this translation in their journal "Āyurvidyā." I have especially to express my thanks to my friend Vaidya B.V. Gokhale, Āyurvidyā Pāramgata, Principal of the Āyurveda Mahāvidyālaya, Poona, for his keen interest in the work and for reading the entire press-copy and making very useful suggestions and also for reading the proofs. I must also thank Shri D. S. Marathe, B. A., LL. B., Poona, for revising my translation of the German text. To Dr. V. V. Gokhale, B. A., Dr. Phil. (Bonn) I am thankful for his keen interest in the publication of this work and also for his valuable help in regard to the revision of the translation. I also acknowledge with thanks the help rendered by Vaidya K. V. Kulkarni, Āyurvidyā Pāramgata, Vaidya N. V. Bhave, Āyurvidyā Pāramgata, Vaidya S. G. Vartak, Āyurvidyā Visārada and Dr. M. P. Joshi, L. C. P. S.—all of the Āyurveda Mahāvidyālaya, Poona. I cannot forget the interest taken in this book and the guidance given from time to time by my esteemed friend Prof. P. K. Gode, M. A., Curator of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona. He has also rendered material help in reading the proofs and has also obliged me by writing an Appreciation of the work. I gladly acknowledge the encouragement and help given by my honoured friend Dr. R. N. Dandekar, Hon. Secretary of the Bhandarkar O. R. Institute. I express my heart-felt thanks to him. To Dr. R. G. Harshe, B. A. ( Tilak ), D. Litt. (Paris) of the Deccan College Institute, Poona, I express my thanks for his help in rendering some French passages into English. Dr. C. G. Pandit, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, was kind enough to read a few printed pages of the translation and to express his appreciation of the same. I offer him my best thanks. I must also acknowledge the help given by my friend Shri J. S. Tilak, B. Sc., Editor of "Kesari", Poona. Last, but not least, I must thank Mr. M. D. Gurjar, B. Sc., proprietor of the Ayurvidya Mudranalaya, Poona, for printing the book in a satisfactory manner.