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” The Hindu (March 7, 1923). “The book gives a description of the different kinds of food articles showing their chemical ,composition and their nutritive value. The book will prove of interest to the medical 2 Susruta Sangha *. ///, Raja Dinendra Street^ Calcutta, practitioners and the general public/ —The Indian Medical Journal (Sep. 1924). 2. Principles of Education— CONTEN rs : I. What is Education, Educative Process, Recapitulation and its significance in Education, Intelligence and Memory, Physical Education, Intellectual Fatigue, Sexual Education, Female Education. II.—Elementary Edu¬ cation, Preparatory School, University Education, National University, Girls’ School,,Foreign Universities. 112 pages. Re. 1 “In this booklet the author has sounded a note on the problems of Education that confront the modern intellectuals. We cannot but admire the deep insight herein displayed in touching over a wide range of principles underlying the oriental and occidental knowledge and instruction. The author—Mr. Chakraberty—it seems has dived deep into the ocean of learning and viewed with circumspection and care the various phases of the so-called Western education. His chapters on “Intellectual Fatigue,” “Sexual Education,” and “Female Education” are both delightful and instructive. On “Foreign Uuniversities” he supplies information of very great interest to Indians who may be thinking of prosecuting their studies in Europe and America. The book is intensely. national in its character and tone and is eminently fitted to give a pleasurable sensation and stimulus to both male and female readers. The whole crux of the ideals advocated in the book lies in the adaptation, and a happy combination of what is good and virtuous in the East and the West. For instance, the author recommends dancing as calculated to develop cadence of body and soul but depreciates the society where youth, beauty and natural gifts are bartered in the name of self-determination. An object lesson is afforded by the allusions made here and there to heroes and heroines of the world whose lives have left ineffacable impressions on the sand of time. The book is worthy of being in the hands of every educationist in this country.”— The United India and Indian States fjan. 17, 1923J. “The theoretical and practical aspects of education are ably and analitically treated in the book by the author. The chapters on Girls’ Education, Sexual Education, National University are really thoughtful and deserve the attention of the readers.”— The Mahpatta (Dec. 27, 1923). Works By Chandra Chakraberty ^ 3 “In this little book of fourteen chapters the author deals with the question of education in both its theoretical and practical aspects. He takes a comprehensive view of the subject and observes—“To make the best of life, not simply in the crude sense of the enjoyment of material pleasures, but in its broadest application, should be the aim and object of education.”— The Prabuddha Bharata (P. 315, 1923). “This little book is well-written. Our author's sugges¬ tions about ‘Sexual Education' are worth considering. T'he subject should not be ignored.”— ^The Modern Review ("Dec. 1922) . “This is a useful contribution to the educational literature.” —The Indian Review. “The author does not follow the beaten track and in many places challanges the orthodox methods. But he does that with the sole object of improving his fellow beings, culturally and physically. The book deserve well at the hands of the Education Department.”— The Indian Daily News (Sep. 5, 1923) - 3. Dyspepsia and Diabetes— Contents : —I. Digestion, Salivary Ferments, Alimentary Absorption. 11,—Liver, Pancreas. 111.—Hereditary Predisposition, Dyspepsia. IV.—Diabetes, Polyglandular Theory, Lesion in Pancreas in Diabetes, Treatment. pages. Re. 1 “Dyspepsia and diabetes are both very common in India and the greatest pity is that educated men, brain-workers, the backbone of the nation and the noblest of the race, suffer mostly from these in the best period in their intellectual activities and resourcefulness. It is therefore highly necessary and opportune to let these gentlemen know the true causes and best preventive measure for those lethal diseases. The booklet before us gives all the general principles, the funda¬ mental facts of dietetics and the personal and social hygiene in a clear and intelligent manner and a study of it will help in preparing a man for his self-defence against, their invasion. All educated men will read the book with great profit and interest.”— The Practical Medicine (Oct. 1923). “The book is written by the author for the educated middle-class brain-workers who generally suffer from dyspep¬ sia ; it deals with the prevention and treatment of Dyspepsia and Diabetes and will prove useful to the public.”— The Indian Medical Journal (Sept. 1924). 4 Susruta Sangha : 177, Raja Dinendra Street^ Calcutta. 4. A Study in Hindu Social Polity— Contents :— Physical Geography of India, Ethnic Elements in Hindi Nationality, Hindu Myths, Hindi Languages, Hindi Scripts, Caste, Social Organisation. 207 pages, Rs. 3-6 “The sketches of ancient cultural history of India are interesting and valuable. The book is divided into seven chapters and the subjects treated in them are as follows : Physical Geography of India, Ethnic Elements in Hindi Nationality, Hindu Myths, Hindi Languages, Hindi Scripts, Caste, Social Organisation. This is a book which may interest Ethnologists, Philologists, Sociologists, and students of Comparative Religion. It'is a store-house of historical materials”.— The Modern Review (July, 1924). 5. An Interpretation of Ancient Hindu Medicine— Contents :—Anatomy, Physiology^, Pathology^ Diseases and their Diagnosis, Diseases and their clinical studies, Therapeutics, Surgery/, Dietetics, Hy/giene. 62^ pages, Rs. 7 - 8 . “The author is well known as a writer bn diverse subjects, such as Medicine, Education, Social Polity, Politics, Health, Food, etc., and in the present volume'of 625 pages, he has made an attempt to place before the medical profession and the general reader carefully selected materials for a compara¬ tive study of the ancient Hindu and Greek systems of medicine in the light of modern knowledge. His contention that the ancient Greek Schools of Medicine were indebted to the Hindu system deserves careful consideration and the proofs aduced in its favour are not without foundation. The subject matter of the book deals with different departments of Medicine, such as Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, Diagnosis and clinical studies of diseases, Therapeutics, Surgery, Diete¬ tics and Hygiene, They have been dealt with from the point of view of comparative study and the author has liberally quoted original Sanskrit texts in support of his views. He has successfully shown that not an inconsiderable part of our present-day knowledge of the structure and functions of the human body and of the nature and methods of treatment of surgical diseases were known to the ancient physicians of India. Such knowledge, to our regret, has, to a large extent, passed away from among the present-day practitioners of the Aurvedic Medicine for want of study and practice, and this, more than anything else, has brought discredit on the Hindu System of Works By Chandra Chakraberty 5 'Medicine which is looked down upon and often made the subject of ridicule by the votaries of Modern Medicine. “The study of a book like the one under review is bound to create a feeling of reverence and admiration in the mind of 4he Indian reader for the great Teachers of Medicine of anci- -ent India who could arrive at so much truth by the simple process of study, observation and intuition without the aid of modern scientific resources at their command. “The author has done a service to his country by writing this-useful book.^’— The Modern Review (August, 1924). “Tiiis book deals exhaustively with the principles and practice of Ancient Hindu Medicine and affords facilities for a comparative study of its system with the modern medical school of thought with a view to bring them into closer relationship with each other. This much abused and woefully reduced Hindu Medical Science had on account of the step¬ motherly attitude of Government on the one hand, and for want of scientific researches and experiment of the system on the other, been left all along in the back ground, but thanks to the recent renaissance, we are having quiet a crop of literature on the subject of Ancient Hindu Medicine, for which no little credit is due to the author of this book. “VVe heartily recommend its use to those who are interes¬ ted in the revival of the indigeneous system of medicine in India and to research scholars who may find in it good food for reflection.”— The Anticeptic (March, 1924). “The book has been published at an opportune moment when efforts are being made for the revival of the indigenous Hindu system of Medicine. The author has collected a mass of information in the literature on Aurveda. We recommend the book to those who are interested in the subject.”— Indian Medical Record (April, 1924). “The author’s original intention was to make the book a comparative study of the ancient Hindu and Greek systems of medicine in the light of modern knowledge, but he later modified his purpose and has endeavoured simply to interpret and explain the Ancient Hindu Medicine, principally based upon Charaka and Susruta, in modern medical terminology. He has compiled a fascinating and informative volume of 600 pages, which cannot fail to appeal to Hindu students and others who are interested in Indian medical lore.”— The Medical Times, London, (May, ig24).