A Question on Medicine

[ZYSK at ACFcluster.NYU.EDU]

Jonathan,
My first guess on the medical meaning of "sword or staff" would be
general surgery. Various types of surgical techniques are mentioned in
the Buddhist texts I have examined. KZ
 


> From mehta at macmail.mgmt.purdue.edu 19 1994 Jan U 09:43:31
Date: 19 Jan 1994 09:43:31 U
From: "Mehta, Shailendra" <mehta at macmail.mgmt.purdue.edu>
Subject: RE: A Question on Medicine

Is there a bibliography of texts which mention surgical techniques ? The
general information on the history of Indian medicine usually refers to
Sushruta only, when talking of surgery.It would be nice to braoden one's
perspective.

Sincerely,


Shailendra Raj Mehta
mehta at mgmt.purdue.edu
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From: indology at liverpool.ac.uk on Wed, Jan 19, 1994 9:30 AM
Subject: Re: A Question on Medicine
To: Members of the list

Jonathan,
My first guess on the medical meaning of "sword or staff" would be
general surgery. Various types of surgical techniques are mentioned in
the Buddhist texts I have examined. KZ