A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.130

v1.c23.130

Subjects dealt with are: deviations from the normal smells, colours and tastes point to a bad prognosis in patients with sores (28.8); the normal smells of sores associated with one or more of the doṣas and blood (28.9–10); 292 unfavourable smells (28.11–12); 293 unfavourable characteristics of sores associated with pitta, kapha and vāta (28.13–15); other bad signs (28.16–18ab); to be rejected are patients with sores shaped like a spear (śakti), 294 banner (dhvaja), 295 chariot (ratha), javelin (kunta), 296 horse, elephant, cow, bullock, or prāsāda, 297 as well as those with sores that appear as covered with powder (cūrṇa) (28.18cd–19); general characteristics of patients with sores who should not be accepted for treatment (28.20); a patient should be discarded when his sores do not heal in spite of proper treatment (28.21).