A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c24.69

v1.c24.69

The subjects dealt with are: sores tend to develop into suppurative ulcers; hence, pus formation should by all means be prevented (29.1–2ab);⁴¹⁷ the three stages of local swellings (śopha): unripe (āma), ripening (pacyamāna) and ripe (pakva) (29.2cd–6ab);⁴¹⁸ ripening (pāka) as a process to which each of the doṣas, as well as blood, contributes (29.6cd–7ab);⁴¹⁹ the symptoms arising when the formation of pus increases (29.7cd–8ab); the symptoms of the type of swelling, with a predominance of kapha, that is called raktapāka (29.8cd–10ab);⁴²⁰ general indications for dāraṇa (i.e., the application of caustics, etc., which makes the swelling burst)⁴²¹ and pāṭana (treatment with sharp instruments) (29.10cd–11ab); the bad effects of cutting an unripe swelling (29.11cd–14ab);⁴²² the treatment preceding surgical intervention (29.14cd–16ab);⁴²³ the procedure for surgical intervention (pāṭana) (29.16cd–22ab); places where a horizontal incision should be made (29.22cd–23); after-treatment; rules for the regimen of the patient (29.24–33);⁴²⁴ dietary rules for the patient (29.34–41ab);⁴²⁵ more rules for after-treatment (29.41cd–48); types of vraṇas that should be sutured (sīvya) (29.49–51ab);⁴²⁶ contra-indications for suturing (29.51cd–52ab);⁴²⁷ wound toilet before suturing, the technique of suturing and the materials to be used (29.52cd–54ab);⁴²⁸ after-treatment (29.54cd–56);⁴²⁹ materials for bandages (bandhana) (29.57–59ab);⁴³⁰ the fifteen types of bandage and the indications for these types (29.59cd–61);⁴³¹ rules for the application of a bandage (29.62–66ab);⁴³² the bad effects of not bandaging a vraṇa (29.66cd–67);⁴³³ the beneficial effects of bandaging (29.68);⁴³⁴ the treatment of chronic vraṇas with drugs wrapped in the leaves of particular trees (29.70cd–72ab); contra-indications for bandaging (29.72cd–74ab);⁴³⁵ vraṇas, not protected by a bandage, may get infested by the larvae of flies;⁴³⁶ the symptoms of this condition and its treatment (29.74cd–77ab); vraṇas with a residual doṣa cannot be cured within a short time (29.77cd–78ab); rules to be observed by a patient after healing of a vraṇa (29.78cd–79); the management of complications (29.80).