An English Translation of the Sushruta Samhita, Vol. I: Sutrasthanam — trans. Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna (1907)
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Mode of preparing alkalis, and their comparative excellence as incising, excising or scraping agents :— Alkalis for external application or internal use — Cases where alkalis prove injurious — The three potencies of alkalis for external application — Commendable or defective features in an alkali — IMode of its application, and aftermeasures— Symptoms of satisfactory cauterisation— Persons who should not be treated with alkalis — Dangers which attend its abuse ... ... ... ... ■•• 78—87
CHAPTER XII.
Actual cauteries : — Accessories to an act of cauterisation — Preliminary measures— Symptoms which manifest themselves as the skin, or flesh, or a vein, or joint is cauterised — Seats of caifterisation in different diseases— Different modes of cauterisation— Characteristic symptoms of burns and scalds, etc.— Rationale of treating a burn or a scald with heat— Medical treatment of burns and scalds, etc.— Symptoms which appear when the nostrils, etc. of a person is choked with smoke— Its treatment— Medical treatment of sun strikes, and scorchings by hot Avind, etc. ... ... 88 — 97
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CHAPTER XIII.
Leeches and their use : — Persons who may be leeched — Mode of extracting the vitiated blood in' such cases — Mode of applying the leeches — Classification, and mode of collecting and keeping the leeches — Bad leeches and their characteristics — Aftermeasures ... ,,.. ... ... ... 98 — 105
CHAPTER XIV.
Origin and characteristic features of lymph chyle .-—Its location, course and metamorphosis into blood — Menstrual blood and its nature — Successive .metamorphosis of the fundamental principles of the body — Etymology of the terra Dhatu — Blood — Swellings which should not be bled — Two kinds of blood letting— \'enesectioii, its mode and different aspects — ]\Iischief created by the vitiated blood not extracted from the system — Causes of excessive bleeding and its effect upon the system — Symptoms of satisfactory l)leeding and its benertcial results — Measures to be adopted in cases of excessive or scanty bleeding — Medical treatment of excessive bleeding — Various instructions ... ... ... 106 — 110
CHAPTER XV.
Development or non-development of the excrements and constituent principles of thebody:— Nature, locations and functions of the Normal Vayu, Pittam and Kapham, as well as of the lymph chyle, blood, fat, marrow, semen, and ojah (albumen), and the symptoms which mark their increase, decrease, or disiodgment in the human system — Etiologies of obesity and thinness ... 120 — 140
CHAPTER XVI.
Piercing and bandaging of the lobules of ears t — Evils wliich attend the acc\dental hurting of a local vein — Medical unguents and lints — Different processes of bringing about the adhesion of a bifurcated ear-lobe — plastic and rhinuplastic operations ... 141 — 154
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CHAPTER XVII.
Distinction between suppurat\ng and non-suppurating swellings : — Different types of intiammatory swellings produced by the deranged Vayu, Pittani, etc , and the symptoms which mark their respective actions in each type — Characteristic symptoms of a suppurating, suppurated, or non-suppurated !5welling — Hints on in cising suppurated swellings-r-Evils of opening an abscess at its inflammatory stage — Feeding and anftsthetising of a patient before lancing otf an abscess — Classification of surgical operations in connection with an abscess ... ... ... 155 — 161
CHAPTER XVIII.
Dressings and bandages of ulcers : — Classification of medicinal plasters according to their thickness, application and function — Use of the different types of plasters — Articles of bandaging — Bandages and their names and applications — Tow — Mode of introducing a lint — Renewals of bandages according to the nature of the ulcer and the prevailing season of the year — Evils of non-bandaging — Benefits of bandaging — Cases where bandaging is prohibited — Hints on the proper lubrication of the lint — Incidental remarks on the bandaging of fractured or dislocated bones ... ... 162 — 175
CHAPTER XIX.
Nursing and management of an Ulcer-patient : — Nature ot his bed and chamber— Articles prohibited to an ulcer patient — Prophylaxis against monsters and demons — Diet and conduct of an ulcerpatient ... ... ... ... ... 176—182
CHAPTER XX.
Salutary and Non-salutary effects of regimen, etc. : — Classification (if all articles of fare according as they are wholesome or unwholeseme to the human system, or are relatively wholesome or otherwise — Foodstuff' — Incompatibility through combination — Injuriousness through combination- Incompatibility through preVI . "CONTENTS.
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