Hindu Medicine c5.s3.9

c5.s3.9

A unique feature of the analysis of animal medicine is the discussion of physiognomy (pp. 54 ff.). Such a science is first of all developed for the sake of practical knowledge; it teaches what to expect from those with whom one comes in contact. In animal and human medicine alike, types are established which conform to the "essence" as expressed in each specific incarnation. They are constituted by what might be called a metaphysical theory of inheritance (p. 60), and they are the