[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med) › [Early and ascribed compendia](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita) › [Carakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt) › 5.3.4 # The Compendium of Caraka 5.3.4 English (machine translation) 5.3.4 - **Language:** English ### [5.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.5.3.4) Wishing to know the remainder of the measure of the patient's life primarily through touch, one should touch his entire body with a healthy hand, or have it palpated by another. - [Previous: 5.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.5.3.3) - [Next: 5.3.4\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.5.3.4_1) - [Up: 5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.5.3) ## Linked texts (1) - [Carakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.3.4) — Agniveśa (Āyurveda) & Caraka, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.5.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.5.3.4) · Pramāṇa