Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c19.8

c19.8

Dissection of the human body and venesection were normal facts in medical India. The doctors of the Sushruta school declared that dissection was necessary for a correct knowledge of the internal structure of the body. Dissection gave them an intimate knowledge of the diseases to which the body is liable. It also helped them in their surgical operations to avoid the vital parts.⁷⁹ It gave them, besides, an accurate knowledge of the human anatomy.²³