An English Translation of the Sushruta Samhita, Vol. II — trans. Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna (1911)

The medical treatment of Snake bites :— General treatment of Snake-bites. — Mantras (Incantations) — Blood-letting in Snake-bites — Specific treatement of the bitJ by a Hooded (Darvi-kara) Snake, a Mandail Snake and a Rajiman Snake. — Contra-indication to blood-letting in cases of Snake-bites. — Dosage of CoUyrium, etc., to be resorted to in cases of different Beasts and Birds. — General dosage of medicines in cases of Snakebites— Specific treatment of poisoning according to the Physical Symp'oms — Specific treatment of the different Supervening Symptoms. — Remedy for the aggravated Doshas due to Poison — Medical treatment of persons made unconscious from the effects of a Fall or Suspended Animation. — Symptoms of wounds from Poisoned Darts, etc. — Treatment of a Poisoned Wound — Recipe of different Agadas — Mahagada — Ajitagada — Tarkshya'gada — Rishabhdgada — Sanjivana Agada — Darvi-kara Rajila-visha-hara-Agada — Mandali-visha hara Agada— Vams'a-tvagadi Agada— Pancha-s'irisha Agada — Sarva-Kamika Agada — Ekasara Agada. ... ... 71c 727.

CHAPTER VI.

Cases of Rat-poisoning : — Different Varieties of I\.ats— General Symptoms of Kat-poisoning— Specific symptoms and treatment of Ratpoisoning — General treatment. — Causes of Rabies— Symptoms of Hydrophobia— Prognosis.— Symptoms of Jala-trasa— Its treatment — Treatment of bites by rabid-dogs — Treatment of teeth and nail-scratching. 728 — 736.

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CHAPTER VII.

Treatment with ths Sounds of a (medicated) Drum, etc, possessed of Anti-venomous Virtues : — Kshaiagada— Its Uses and Thirapjiilic ElTecls — Kaly.inaka-Gliri'a— Ainrita-Ghrita — Mahd-sugandhi AgacU — ^Rules of Diet and Conduct. — Symptoms of Elimination of Poison.

737—741.

CHAPTER VIII. On insects, ie-, the measures, etc. to be adopted in cases of

Insect-bites, etc^ ■ — The Germination and Classification of Insects — Insects of Vataja, I'iltaja, Kaphaja and .Sannipatika temperaments.— Symptoms of their Bites — The Kanabha class of Insects — The Gaudheyaka class of Insects — S'ala-padi — Manduka (Frogs) — Pipilika (Ants) — Makshiki (Stinging Flies) — Mas'akas (Mosquitoes). — Incurable classes — Treatment of a bite by strong and acute-poisoned Insects — Recipes of Remedies in different cases. — Origin and Classification of Scorpions — Specific trails and characteristics of Mild-poisoned Scorpions, Madhya-visha Scorpions and Tikshna-visha Scorpions — Treatment of Scorpion-bites.— Spider-bites. — Development of Luta-poison — Its Potency — Location. — Characteristics of ^ Poison according to its seat in the body of a Spider — Mythological Account of the Origin of Luta- — The different names of Spiders and the general Symptoms of their Bodies — Specific Symptoms of Spider-bites and their Treatment — General Remedies — Specific symptoms of the Incurable cases of Spider-bites — Their treatment. — Surgical Treatment — Treatment of Ulcers incidental to the Bites by Insects or Snakes. ... ... 742 — 762.

End of the Contents of the Kalpa SthanaTHE

SUSHRUTA SAMHITA

NIDANA STHANAM.

rMAPTER I.

Now wc shall discourse on the Vatavyadhi-

(discascs of the nervous system) Nidaaam*.

IVIctrical text: — HavinL; clasped the feet of the holy Dhanvantari, who had arisen out of the primordial ocean with the pitcher of ambrosia on his head, and who was the foremost of all knowers of truth, Sus'hruta interrogated him as follows : — "Tell me.O thou, the foremost of discoursers, all about the different locations and functions of the bodily Vayu (nerve force), both in its normal and agitated conditions, (as well as when it changes its natural seat through a concourse of disturbing or aggravating causes). Instruct mc on the nature of distempers, which result from its deranged condition." 2.

The holy Dhanvantari, the greatest of all healers, having listened to the foregoing words of Sus'hruta, replied as follows: — This vital Vayu (nerve force), which courses through the body, is self-begotten in its origin, and

* The term Nidanam, usually translated as Pathology, is meant to include factors, which fall within the respective provinces of Pathology, .Etiology, Symptomology and Pathognomy as well. For the meaning and functions of Vayu see Introduction vol. I. pp. xli. — xlii.