A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c26.s8.11

v1.c26.s8.11

Hoemle 563 expressed as his opinion that it was Vāgbhaṭa’s object to gather up into a harmonious whole the more or less conflicting medical systems current in his time, especially those contained in the saṃhitās of Caraka and Suśruta. Hoemle added that, in pursuance of this object, Vāgbhaṭa introduced, especially with reference to the diseases of the eye, many modifications in the classification and nomenclature which had hitherto been accepted. He also supposed that it led Vāgbhaṭa to the adoption of compromises – by no means always successful – of which his exposition of the skeleton presents a conspicuous example.