title: Some observations on the dissection of cadavers in ancient India.
abstract: Medical knowledge of anatomy is found in Susruta Samhita, the classical Indian medical literature on surgery, The fifth chapter of the third book devoted to anatomy in its concluding part teaches the method by which a cadaver is to be dissected. Translation of the relevant passage and an explanation is attempted here.
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