Synopsis The elaborate work on the "Surgical Instruments of the Hindus" evinces varied learning, diligent research and admirable skill in methodical arrangement and it will rank as a valuable contribution to Indian Medical literature. No one could have done greater justice to the subject. The author of such a work should combine in him a thorough knowledge of modern surgery, the critical method of the West, and a vast acquaintance with Sanskrit medical literature. It is sourcely necessary to add that in you one can readily recognize a rare and harmonioius combination of all these requisite qualities.