A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.320.2

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the treatment of chinna wounds of the extremities (2.34–35), back, and anterior part of the chest (2.36); the treatment of patients with a whole arm or leg torn off (2.37); recipes promoting wound healing (2.38–41ab); the treatment of bhinna injuries to the eyes (2.42–45ab); the treatment of bhinna injuries to the abdomen that result in the extrusion of lumps (varti) of fatty tissue (medas) (2.45cd–49); a foreign body (śalya) that has penetrated into the koṣṭha and got stuck there gives rise to the complications already described33 (2.50); characteristics of incurable patients (2.51); the treatment of bleeding into the āmāśaya and pakvāśaya (2.52–54); signs indicating that a patient with a bhinna type of injury to his koṣṭha will survive (2.55); the replacement of extruded intestines which have remained intact (abhinna);34 the repair of torn intestines, before replacing them, by joining the torn parts by means of the bites of ants35 (2.56–60ab);36 enlargement of the wound if replacement would be too difficult otherwise; suturing of the abdominal wall (2.60cd–62ab); after-treatment (2.62cd–66ab); the treatment of extruded testicles (2.66cd–69ab); injuries to the skull;37 the insertion of a plug (varti), made of hair, is necessary, after the removal of a foreign body, in order to prevent the discharge of brain tissue (mastuluṅga) (2.69cd–71ab); a plug soaked in oil (snehavarti) should be inserted after the removal of a foreign body from any other part of the body (2.71cd–72ab);