[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Hindu Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948) › c6.2 # Hindu Medicine c6.2 Hindu Medicine c6.2 - **Language:** English ### [c6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c6.2) The earliest specimens of Indian medicine, contained in the hymns of the Atharva-Veda, are available in W. D. Whitney’s translation;³ the three classic encyclopedias of medical wisdom of the era A. D., viz. Caraka, Suśruta and Vāgbhaṭa, have also been translated.⁴ Besides the contributions of A. F. R. Hoernle, P. Cordier, M. Bloomfield and others on the history of Hindu medicine, there is the outstanding monograph by Julius Jolly, \*Indische Medizin\*,⁵ which treats with equal mastery both the philological and the medical aspects of - [Previous: c6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c6.1) - [Next: c6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c6.4) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c6.2) · Pramāṇa