HESSLER, FRANZ (Transl.): - Susrutas. Ayurvédas. Id est Medicae Systema a venerabili d'Hanvantare demonstratum, a Susruta discipulo compositum. Nunc primum ex Sanskrita in Latinum sermonem vertit, introductionem, annotationes et rerum indicem adjecit. Three volumes in one. Erlangen, Ferdinand Enke, 1844-50.

. Tall 8vo. Pp. viii, (iv), 206, (2); viii, 248, two tables, (1); vi, 186, (1). With Latin text. Some foxing. Contemporary green cloth, ruled in gilt, marbled edges, lightly rubbed. This is the first Western translation of the Susruta Samhitá, which is one of the most important ancient medical treatises, and considered a foundational text of Ayurveda. Susruta was an Indian physician and is recognised as the father of Indian surgery. Includes a Sanskrit - Latin index of plants and trees. Two more parts titled "fasciculi" comprising comments and annotations were published in 1852 and 1855. Susruta Samhit‹ is an encyclopaedia of medical learning and includes the earliest description of plastic surgery. The complete version comprises 184 chapters with descriptions of over 1000 illnesses, 700 medical plants, 127 surgical instruments, etc. The first complete English translation was published in 1907 at Calcutta. Ref. Garrison & Morton, no. 11.

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