1833 PLAYFAIR, George; KHAN, Hakim Muhammad Sharif (1722 – 1807)
The Taleef shereef, or Indian materia medica translated from the original by George Playfair, Superintending Surgeon, Bengal Service. Published by The Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
GMN 8208 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10384
1844 –1850 SUŚRUTA, (Sushruta); HESSLER, Franz (1799 – 1890)
Suśrutas. Áyruvédas. Id est medicinae systema a venerabili d'hanvantare demonstratum a Suśruta discipulo compositum. Nunc primum ex Sanksríta in Latinum sermonem vertit, introductionem, annotationes et rerum indicem adjecit Dr. Franciscus Hessler. 3 vols.
First translation of the Suśruta Samhitā into Latin, and the first publication of this text in the West. Suśruta is said to have lived in the 6th or 5th centuries, BCE. The principal medical contribution of the ancien…
GMN 11 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/35
1845 WISE, Thomas Alexander (1801 – 1889)
Commentary on the Hindu system of medicine.
Wise was a physician and surgeon in the Bengal Medical Service. Digital facsimile from The Medical Heritage Library, Internet Archive, at this link.
GMN 7169 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9336
1850 WEBB, Allan (1803 – 1863)
The historical relations of ancient Hindu with Greek medicine in connection with the study of modern medical science in India: Being a general introductory lecture delivered June 1850, at the Calcutta Medical College.
Webb was surgeon in the Bengal Army, and later Professor of Anatomy at the Calcutta Medical College. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 8808 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10986
1852 –1855 HESSLER, Franz (1799 – 1890)
Commentarii et annotationes in Suśruta Āyurvedam. 2 vols.
Hessler, editor and translator of the first edition of Suśruta published in the West (3 vols., 1844-50) followed that edition with two separate volumes of commentary.
GMN 7168 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9335
1866 TRENDELENBURG, Friedrich (1844 – 1924)
De veterum Indorum chirurgia. Dissertatio inauguralis.
Trendelenburg’s graduation thesis on the ancient Hindu systems of medicine. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 5792 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6871
1867 WISE, Thomas Alexander (1801 – 1889)
Review of the history of medicine. 2 vols.
Vol. 1, Part 1: "Primitive period among the Asiatic nations," i.e. Hindus. Vol. 2, Part 1: "Ancient state of medicine among the Hindus (continued)". Part 1: "Review of the Buddhist systems of medicine." Part 3: "Revie…
GMN 8210 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10386
1877 CHARAKA (-600 – -200); VIDYASAGARA, Jibananda
[Charaka Samhita. Edited by Jibananda Vidyasagara.]
Sanskrit text. Authorities vary as to the date of Charaka. He is said to have lived at times varying between 800 BCE and 78 CE. The Samhita, or Sanhita, is one of the most ancient and complete systems of Hindu medicin…
GMN 6485.91 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7973
1893 –1897 HOERNLÉ, Augustus Friedrich Rudolf (1841 – 1918)
The Bower manuscript; Facsimile leaves, Nagari transcript, Romanised transliteration and English translation with notes.
Dated to the Gupta era, between the 4th and the 6th century CE, the Bower Manuscript, preserved at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, was written on birch bark in Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit using the Late Brahmi script or Gu…
GMN 6834 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8998
1896 BHAGVAT SINH JEE, Maharajah of Gondal (Bhagavat Simhaji; Bhagvatsingh Sahib) (1865 – 1944)
A short history of Aryan medical science.
From the Wikipedia: "Bhagvatsingh Sahib GCSI GCIE was the ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Gondal from 1869 till his death in 1944, in whose reign the state was raised to 11-gun salute state.[1] He was the onl…
GMN 6486 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7979
1901 –1907 SENGUPTA, Kaviraj Nagendra Nath (Sen Gupta)
The Ayurvedic system of medicine, or an exposition, in English, of Hindu medicine as occuring in Charaka, Susruta, Bagbhata, and othe rauthoritative works, ancient and modern, in Sanskrit. 3 vols.
Ayurveda is the most ancient system of Hindu medicine; only fragments of the original remain. The early Hindus believed it to be of divine origin and ascribed it to Brahma. It dates from circa 1400-1200 BCE. Digital f…
GMN 6485.9 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/32
1901 JOLLY, Julius (1849 – 1932)
Medicin. Grundriss der Indo-Arischen Philologie und Altertumskunde.(Encyclopedia of Indo-Aryan Research). III. Band, 10. Heft.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 6486.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7981
1902 –1909 RAY, Prafulla Chandra (1861 – 1944)
A history of Hindu chemistry from the earliest times to the middle of the sixteenth century, A.D. With Sanskrit texts, variants, translation and illustrations. 2 vols.
Digital facsimile of the 1903 revised 2nd ed. plus the 1st ed. of vol. 2 from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 10875 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13071
1907 –1916 SUŚRUTA, (Sushruta); BHISHAGRATNA, Kaviraj Kunjalal (1865 – )
An English translation of the Sushruta Samhita, based on original Sankskrit text: Edited and published by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna. With a full and comprehensive introduction, translation of different readings, notes, comparative views, index, glossary and plates. 3 vols.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 12 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/899
1907 HOERNLÉ, Augustus Friedrich Rudolf (1841 – 1918)
Studies in the medicine of ancient India. Part 1. Osteology or the bones of the human body.
All published.
GMN 6487 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7983
1913 –1914 MUKHOPADHYAYA, Girindranath (1872 – 1935)
The surgical instruments of the Hindus, with a comparative study of the surgical instruments of the Greek, Roman, Arab and the modern Eouropean [sic] surgeons. 2 vols.
Vol. 2 consists of plates.
GMN 6488 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7985
1913 ORTA, Garcia de [Garcia d'Orta] (1501 – 1568); BREYNER, Francesco Manuel de Melo, Conde de Ficalho (1837 – 1903); MARKHAM, Sir Robert Clements (1830 – 1916)
Garci da Orta: Colloquies on the simples & drugs of India. New edition (Lisbon, 1895) edited and annotated by the Conde de Ficalho. Translated with an introduction and index by Sir Clements Markham.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 8974 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11153
1913 –1922 SENA, Gananātha (1877 – 1945)
Pratyaksa-śārira: pratyaksha-shariram: A textbook of human anatomy in Sanskrit with English & Sanskrit introductions, containing a short history of Ayurvedic literature. 3 vols.
GMN 12960 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15207
1917 ELLIOT, Robert Henry (1864 – 1936)
The Indian operation of couching for cataract. Incorporating The Hunterian Lectures....
Prefaced by an extensive historical introduction; the remainder of the text being of historical significance in the 21st century. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
GMN 12959 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15206
1923 –1929 MUKHOPADHYAYA, Girindranath (1872 – 1935)
History of Indian medicine. Containing notices, biographical, of the Ayurvedic physicians and their works on medicine, from the earliest ages to the present time. 3 vols.
Reprinted New Delhi, 1974.
GMN 6488.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7987
1926 WOOD, Casey Albert (1856 – 1942)
Ayurvedic medicine in ancient and medieval Ceylon.
GMN 9513 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11698
1934 –1935 MARIADASSOU, Paramananda; BOURRET, Georges M.
Médecine traditionelle de l’Inde. Conférences faites à l’École de Médecine de Pondichéry … 3 vols.
GMN 6490 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8158
1941 KIRFEL, Willibald (1885 – 1964); VAGBHATA; HILGENBERG, Luise
Vāgbhaṭa's Aṣṭāngahṛdayasaṃhitā: Ein altindisches Lehrbuch der Heilkunde. Aus dem Sanskrit ins Deutsche Übertragen mit Einleitung, Anmerkungen, und Indices von Luise Hilgenberg und Willibald Kirfel.
"The Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Ah, "Heart of Medicine") is written in poetic language. The Aṣṭāṅgasaṅgraha (As, "Compendium of Medicine") is a longer and less concise work, containing many parallel passages and extensive …
GMN 10581 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12774
1948 EDELSTEIN, Ludwig (1902 – 1965); ZIMMER, Heinrich Robert (1890 – 1943)
Hindu medicine.
GMN 6491 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8162
1949 CHARAKA (-600 – -200)
The Charaka Samhita. 6 vols.
Edited and published with translations in Hindi, Gujerati and English. The Charaka Samhita is the oldest known Hindu text on Ayurveda (life sciences). It was followed by the Sushruta Samhita. Except for some topics an…
GMN 10 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/34
1949 CHARAKA (-600 – -200)
The Charaka Samhita. Edited and published with translations in Hindi, Gujerati and English 6 vols.
GMN 6485.92 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8170
1949 FILLIOZAT, Jean (1906 – 1982)
La Doctrine classique de la médecine indienne. Ses origines et ses parallèles grecs.
Second edition, Paris: Ecole Française d'Extêm-Orient, 1975. English translation: The classical doctrine of Indian medicine: Its origins and its Greek parallels. Translated from the original in French by Dev Raj Chana…
GMN 8127 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10303
1953 CHOKSEY, K. M.
Dentistry in ancient India.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 10682 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12875
1962 KUTUMBIAH, P
Ancient Indian Medicine.
Revised edition, Bombay, 1969.
GMN 6491.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7991
1962 RAMACHANDRA RAO, Saligrama Krishna (1925 – 2006)
Development of psychological thought in India.
GMN 11836 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14040
1963 BHISHAGRATNA, K. K.
An English translation of the Suśruta Samhita…2nd ed.
GMN 6485.94 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7977
1965 VAGBHATA; VOGEL, Claus (1933 – 2012)
Vāgbhaṭa Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā. The first five chapters of Its Tibetan version, edited and rendered Into English along with the original Sanskrit by Claus Vogel. Accompanied by a literary introduction and a running commentary on the Tibetan translating-technique.
GMN 10582 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12775
1976 LESLIE, Charles Miller (1923 – 2009)
Asian medical systems: A comparative study, edited by Charles Leslie.
GMN 8497 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10674
1980 RÂY, Priyadaranjan (1888 – 1982); GUPTA, Hirendra Nath; ROY, Mira
Suśruta Samhita: A scientific synopsis
GMN 12962 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15209
1985 –1998 WUJASTYK, Dominik
Handlist of Sanskrit and Prakrit manuscripts in the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine. 2 vols.
GMN 7080 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9247
1985 RAMACHANDRA RAO, Saligrama Krishna (1925 – 2006)
Encyclopaedia of Indian medicine. Volume one: Historical perspective.
GMN 8498 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10675
1987 WUJASTYK, Dominik; MEULENBELD, Gerrit Jan (1928 – 2017)
Studies on Indian medical history, edited by G. Jan Meulenbeld and Dominik Wujastyk.
GMN 7358 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9530
1992 ZYSK, Kenneth G.
Religious medicine: The history and evolution of Indian medicine.
GMN 7170 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9337
1996 FRIEDLANDER, Peter G.
Descriptive catalogue of the Hindi manuscripts in the Library of the Wellcome Institute for the the History of Medicine.
GMN 7079 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9246
1998 WUJASTYK, Dominik
The roots of Ayurveda.
Readings in English translation, with commentaries, from classical medical texts.
GMN 12806 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15052
1999 –2002 MEULENBELD, Gerrit Jan (1928 – 2017)
A history of Indian medical literature. 5 vols.
Comprises the entire corpus of Sanskrit medical texts, from the earliest times to the present, thus covering about two millennia.
GMN 7216 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9383
2003 DAS, Rahul Peter (1954 – )
Origin of the life of a human being: Conception and the female according to ancient Indian medical and sexological literature.
GMN 10583 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12776
2012 SUŚRUTA, (Sushruta); MURTHY, K. R. Srikantha
Illustrated Suśruta Samhitā. Translated by K. R. Srikantha Murthy. 3 vols.
GMN 10584 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12777
2012 WUJASTYK, Dagmar
Well-Mannered medicine: Medical ethics and etiquette in classical Ayurveda.
GMN 12805 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15051
2015 RHAZES [MUHAMMAD IBN ZAKARIYĀ AL-RĀZĪ (PERSIAN: محمد زکریای رازی ] (854 – 925); KAHL, Oliver
The Sanskrit, Syriac and Persian sources in the Comprehensive Book of Rhazes
Razi's Kitab al-Hawi, a vast medical-pharmaceutical encyclopedia, was compiled from multiple sources. For each identified source this study provides Razi's Arabic text with an English translation. When possible, the o…
GMN 8290 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10466
2018 SPEZIALE, Fabrizio
Culture persane et médecine ayurvédique en Asie du Sud.
"... discusses interactions between Ayurveda and Persian medical culture in South Asia. It presents, for the first time, a study of the Persian translation movement of Ayurvedic sources that took place from the fourte…
GMN 10540 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12733
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