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Chapter eight is devoted to classifications regarding the treatment of eye diseases. 252 The subjects are: the eleven diseases curable by excision (chedya) (8.6), 253 scarification (lekhya) (8.7), 254 incision (bhedya) (8.8ab), and phlebotomy (8.8cd–9ab); diseases in which surgical measures (śastrapata-na) are contra-indicated (8.9cd–10); diseases amenable to palliative treatment (8.11ab); incurable diseases (8.11c–f).