ORDINARY MEETING. 
Sm JOSEPH Fayrer, K.C.S.1., M.D., F.R.S., V.P., In THE CHAIR. 
The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 
The Cuarrmay.—I have now the pleasure of calling upon—I wish I 
could say Dr. Gordon—to read his most interesting Paper ; but as unavoid- 
able circumstances have prevented his being present to-night, he has an 
excellent representative in his son. The Paper seems to me to be unusually 
full of interest, and especially to anyone connected with India. 
NOTES ON PHILOSOPHY AND MEDICAL KNOW- 
LEDGE IN ANCIENT INDIA. By Surgeon- 
General C. A. Gorpon, M.D., C.B., Q.H.P., &e. 
SUMMARY OF CONTENTS. 
Origin of the Hindoo People—-Aryans—Castes—Non-Aryans—Races— 
Manu’s Code—Systems of Philosophy—Nature—Creation of Man— 
Theory of Man—Senses—M ythology— Vedic Gods—Mauu and Moses 
—Village System—Personal Hygiene—Scriptural Illustrations— 
Medicine—Conclusion. 
3 Rage origin of the Hindoo people is accounted for after 
this manner: we are told * Kaphs,” otherwise Japhet, 
“ according to the desire of his father,* turned his face to the 
north-east, where he had many sons and daughters.” The 
name of his first-born was Ture, of hissecond Chin, and of the 
third Rus, from each of which sprang the several nations thus 
indicated. “Ham, by the order of his illustrious father, 
turned his face to the south. He also had many children,” 
of whom the three eldest were named respectively Hind, 
Sind, and Habysh. “Hind, turning eastward, possessed him- 
self of the paradisial regions of Hindostan, where he laid 
the foundation of his monarchy. Sind, turning to the south- 
east, took possession of the fertile plains of the river Indus, 
founded the city of T'atta, and ruled the kingdom of Mooltan.” 
Habysh, according to Mahomedan writers, was the pro- 
genitor of the Abyssinians.t Such is the legendary account, 
to which alone reference can now be made. 
Hind had four sons, named respectively Purib, Bang, 
* Noo or Noah. t Dow’s Hastory, vol. i, p. 9. 
TWENTY-SIXTH SESSION. 
