Sudhoffs Archiv.
Publisher:
F. Steiner,
Frequency: Semiannual,
Country: Germany
Language: ger
Start Year:1966 -
Identifiers
| ISSN: | 0039-4564 (Print) 2366-2352 (Electronic) 0039-4564 (Linking) |
| NLM ID: | 0240376 |
| (OCoLC): | 01766776 |
| (DNLM): | S45760000(s) |
| LCCN: | sn 85006128 |
| Classification: | W1 SU188A |
[“Horses no longer have wings”. The chapter on the anatomy of a horse from a hippology manuscript by Nakula]. The first part of this paper gives a short historical survey of veterinary medicine in India starting from vedic times. The knowledge about hippiatry was highly valued since horses played an important role in warfare. The review of authors and publications on Indian hippiatry and hippology is followed by a synopsis on these traditions in Europe. The second part of this article includes further references and research on the Aśvaśăstra of Nakula and a translation of chapter 4 describing the anatomy of the horse.
[The issue of continuity in ancient horse medicine: the treatment of diseases of the extremities described in the Kităb al-furŭsĭya wa-l-baytara by Muhammad ibn Ya’qŭb ibn ahĭ Hizăm al-Huttulĭ]. Since the late 9th century, scientific literature in Arabian language, based on the translation and compilation of works of the Classical, Persian and Indian culture considerably increased. This also applies to the field of veterinary medicine, as is illustrated by a number of hippological and hippiatric treatises. Affinities between texts on horse medicine in Antiquity and in Arabian literature have been mentioned by philologists, but the degree of dependence on classical texts could not be verified due to the lack of translations of the Arabian texts. In this respect, the oldest available te...
[“This helps; this is good”. Horse books of Tibetan Himalayas]. The present paper summarizes our recent investigations of the so-called horse books from the High Himalayas in Nepal. These books are written in tibetan language and are essentially dealing with hippology and hippiatry and to a lesser extent with topics such as pharmacology, anatomy, methods of diagnosis, divination and magical practices for horse races. The therapeutic methods of treatment in tibetan veterinary medicine are guided by the concepts of human medicine which, on the one hand, are related to the Ayurvedic System, on other hand, to the Traditional Chinese Medicine. Concerning the st...