Uday Chand Dutt

Uday Chand Dutt, also known as Udoy Chand Dutt (1834–1884) was a physician and expert on Ayurveda who served as a civil medical officer in Serampore, Bengal, India. He authored The Materia Medica of the Hindus, a major English translation of Sanskrit works on traditional Indian medicine, first published in 1870.[1] The book includes translations from several Sanskrit sources, and later editions added a glossary of botanical names prepared by George King. Dutt also assisted George Watt in producing his Dictionary of the Economic Plants of India, and his work is widely cited.[2] A revised edition published in 1877 incorporated contributions by Binod Lall Sen, Kaviraj Ashutosh Sen, and Kaviraj Pulin Krishna Sen (Kavibhushan).[3]

Dutt also wrote other books including Nidana: A Sanskrit System of Pathology. This was a translation of a Sanskrit work called Nidāna compiled by a low-caste Hindu named Madhava Kara for use by those classes which did not have access to the works of Charaka and Susruta.[3]

References

  1. ^ Uday Chand Dutt (1922). The Materia Medica of the Hindus with a glossary of Indian plants by George King (Revised ed.). Calcutta.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ Watt, George (1885). The Economic Products of India. Volume 1. Calcutta: Government of India. p. x.
  3. ^ a b Singh, Harkishan (2017). "Udoy Chand Dutt—Prominent Indian Materia Medica Promoter". Indian Journal of History of Science. 52 (1): 90–94. doi:10.16943/ijhs/2017/v52i1/41304.
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