Indian Medicine (Medicin), translated by C. G. Kashikar c9.49.4

c9.49.4

AS and AHr mention a foetus-hook (garbhaśaṅku) for extracting a dead foetus, a hooklike instrument like serpent's hood for extracting stone in the bladder, an instrument with a point like an arrowshaft for extracting bad teeth, an ear-spoon etc. and six other instruments. The 25 anuyantras "secondary yantras", i. e. helping implements are a magnet (for extracting foreign matter), a horse-bridle ring, branch of a tree (for similar purpose), thread, cloth-pieces and bandage, a hammer (for loosening foreign matter), cautery, fire and medicines, the hand and foot-palms, tongue, teeth, nails and the mouth, time, digestion, cheering and the like.