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PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.Since the days of Sir W. Jones. Sanskrit litera-ture,in almost every department, has been zealous-ly ransacked by scholars, both European and Indian.As the results oftheir labours we are now in poss-ession of ample facts and data,which enable us tofrom some idea ofthe knowledge of the Hindus ofold in the fields of Philosophy and Mathematics in-cluding Astronomy,Arthmetic,Algebra,Trigono-metryandGeometry.EvenMedicinehas re-ceivedsomeshare ofattention.Wilsonin a se-ries ofessays published in theOriental Magazine(1823),Royle in his Antiquity of Hindu Medicne(1837),and Wise in his commentary on the HinduSystem of Medicine (1845), were amongst thefirstto bring to the noticeoftheEuropean worldthecontents ofthe ancient medical worksofthe Hin-dus,and recently the Thakur Sahib ofGondal hasadded hisquota.Thesecontributionsare,how-ever,ofafragmentary nature.A comprehensivehistory ofHindumedicinehasyet to be written.

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Author
Praphulla Chandra Ray
Publisher
Cosmo Publications
Published
2010
Language
EN
ISBN
9788130712116
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Science, Chemistry, Stem

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