8 Analysis of a Tibetan Medical Work. [Jan. 



(This may be seen at large, in the Kah-gyur, in the work entitled ^^IQ'ZJ* 

 afC^'Qgff] " d,Gah-vo m,nal h,jug" Nanda entering into the womb.) 



3rd Chapter. — The several members of the body are likened to certain things, 

 32 in number. 



The manner of the existence of the body, under four distinct heads : 1. The 

 quantity (in measure or weight) of the several constituent parts of^he body, and 

 the manner of existence of those parts on which the body depends. 2. The 

 state of the veins and nerves. 3. On the nature of diseases, the enemies of the 

 body. 4. The holes or openings for the circulation of the air, &c. 



With respect to the 1st : 



1. The quantity of the wind or air (in the body) is equal to one full bladder : 

 that of the bile to the quantity of ordure once discharged ; that of the phlegm — 

 to one's three two-handfuls (the two hands three times full) ; that of the blood 

 and ordure to seven ditto ; that of the urine and serum to four ditto ; that of the 

 grease and fat to two ditto ; that of the chyle and the semen to one handful ; that 

 of the brain to a single handful ; that of the flesh^=500 hand-fuls ; (one handful 

 being as much as can be enclosed once in a single hand.) Women have an 

 excess of 20 more on account of their thighs and breasts. 



There are 23 sorts of bones; in the back -bone, 28 are distinguished. There 

 are 24 ribs; 32 teeth; 360 pieces of bones. There are 12 large joints of 

 limbs ; — small joints, 250. There are 16 tendons or sinews, and 900 nerves or 

 fibres; 11,000 hairs on the head; 11 millions of pores of the hair on the 

 body. There are five vital parts (or viscera) (as the heart, lungs, liver, spleen, 

 and the reins or kidneys) ; six vessels, and nine openings or holes. — In Janibu- 

 dwlpa the measure of a man's height is one fathom or four cubits — deformed 

 bodies have only 3^ cubits, measured by their own. 



With respect to the 2nd section, showing the state of the veins. There are four 

 kinds of veins or nerves : 1, that of conception ; 2, of sensation ; 3, of connexion, 

 and 4, that of vitality. 



The 1st : From the navel there arise or spread three veins or nerves, one of 

 them ascends to the brain, and is acted on by the dull part of it, generating the 

 phlegm in the upper part of the body. Another nerve (or vein) entering into the 

 middle, forms the vital nerve, and depends for its existence on the vital nerve of 

 passion and blood ; that part of it, which causes bile, resides in the middle. 

 The third nerve (or vein) descends to the privy parts, and generates desire 

 both in the male and female. That part of it, which produces wind, resides in 

 the lower extremity. 



The 2nd : There are four kinds of the nerves of existence or sensation. 



For rousing (or exciting) the organs, in their proper place, there is in the 

 brain a principal nerve, surrounded with 500 other smaller ones. Another nerve 

 for making clear the organ of recollection or memory, resides in the heart, 

 surrounded with 500 other smaller ones. 



That nerve, which causes the increase and renovation of the aggregate of the 

 body, resides in the navel, surrounded with 500 other smaller ones. 



That nerve, which causes the increase of children, and descendants, resides in 

 the privy member, together with 500 other smaller ones — and comprehends or 

 encompasses the whole body. 



The 3rd : The nerve of connexion consists of two kinds, white and black. 

 There are 24 large veins (or nerves), which, like as so many branches ascending 



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