Hindu Medicine c4.9
Hindu Medicine c4.9
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c4.9
At last it was agreed to print the first two lectures as they stood. For fragmentary as they are, they are, all of us felt, of no small importance. They contain numerous translations that reflect Zimmer’s thorough understanding of the content and language of Sanskrit literature. They strive to explore a hitherto neglected perspective of the interpretation of Hindu medical texts. When Zimmer sent me the first chapter, he wrote: “The strictly positivistic and descriptive analysis of Jolly is not