Agadtandra Department
Agadtantra Department
Agadtantra,
one among the eight branches of Ayurveda is a subject that has persistently
maintained its necessity, relevance & application from its ancient
development to this day. Newer compounds
appearing every day making Toxicology an ever changing subject.
The
department deals with Toxicology, forensic medicine & medical jurisprudence
Toxicology (Agadtantra) is the system of knowledge for conquering poisons,
forensic medicine (Vyavahar Ayurved) means- subject which deals with
application of medical knowledge to the certain branches of law & Medical
jurisprudence (vidhi vaidyaka) indicates application of legal knowledge for the
disciplinary practice of medicine.
Departmental information:
It
has Academic section & museum which are spread over a spacious area. It has
models, weapons, charts and good collection of specimens of poison, poisonous,
snakes, insects. Departmental Library has good number of books.