This book is not simply a literal translation of the Sanskrit text. It contains even much of the valuable information to be found in the commentary of Nidana by Bijoy Rakshit and Sreekanta Dutta. If the translation conveys an idea of the Hindu system of pathology to those who are unacquainted with Sanskrit and if it thus tends in any way to enhance the respect for those great men whose blood still runs in our veins, I shall think my labours amply rewarded.
Translations of Ancient Hindu Medical books, have been unnumbered. I myself have had the honour of translating some of the foremost of them. But they are not in touch with the real need of the people. Moreover those translated volumes are not within the means of every aspi-rant for Hindu medical lore. It may be therefore safely hoped that this Hindu Practice of medicine will be appreciated by them yielding as it does-all the gems of the Hindu medical science in ...