A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c24.224.2

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the last type is incurable (36.11–14ab);¹⁰⁴³ snake venom does not corrupt the body as long as it has not reached the blood,¹⁰⁴⁴ but, even when a very small quantity has reached it, the poison spreads like a sheet of oil on water (36.14cd–15ab); touching a snake may already excite vāta in someone who is afraid of snakes; this condition is called sarpāṅgābhihata (36.15cd–16ab);¹⁰⁴⁵ the symptoms presented by someone hurt by some animal on rough ground or in the dark and therefore afraid that the animal was a snake; this condition is called śaṅkāviṣa (36.16cd–17);¹⁰⁴⁶ the general characteristics of venomous and non-venomous bites (36.18);¹⁰⁴⁷ the symptoms of the seven stages of poisoning by the bite of a darvīkara (36.19–22),¹⁰⁴⁸ those of the first five stages of that of a maṇḍalin (36.23–24)¹⁰⁴⁹ and a rājila (= rājīmant) (36.25–27a);¹⁰⁵⁰ the symptoms of the sixth and seventh stages are like those of the bite of a darvīkara (36.27b);¹⁰⁵¹ the first five stages only can be treated (36.27cd); circumstances weakening the venom of a snake (36.28–30ab);¹⁰⁵² circumstances making a bite incurable (36.30cd–32ab);¹⁰⁵³ symptoms presented by incurable patients (36.32cd–37ab);¹⁰⁵⁴ when such symptoms are absent, the patient should be treated as soon as possible (36.37cd–38ab);