[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918) › c19.7 # Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c19.7 Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c19.7 - **Language:** English ### [c19.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c19.7) The Hindu surgeons performed lithotomy, could extract the dead fœtus, and could remove external matter accidentally introduced into the body, e.g., iron, stones, hair, bones, wood, etc. They were used to paracentesis, thoracis, and abdominis, and treated different kinds of inflammation, abscesses, and other surgical diseases. Hazardous operations and the art of cutting, healing ulcers, setting bones, and the use of escharotics, were the \*forte\* of a section of India's medical men. - [Previous: c19.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c19.6) - [Next: c19.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c19.8) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c19.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c19.7) · Pramāṇa