History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c21.s4.t3.6

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Thus, the piles should be visualised and examined properly by the surgeon and the projecting pile mass should be clipped off with a knife and cauterized with fire to prevent bleeding. Thereafter, the pile mass should be mollified by the application of *ghṛta* mixed with *madhuka* and the instrument should then be taken out.