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265 See for a Vedic hymn aiming at a safe delivery and a speedy coming out of the placenta: Atharvaveda 1.11. See on practices having to do with the expulsion of the placenta: Th. Blanchet (1987): 85, 89–92. See on the āyurvedic treatment of disorders occurring during delivery (uterine inertia, a retained placenta, post partum haemorrhage, etc.) and drugs acting on the uterine musculature: B.N. Dhawan and P.N. Saxena (1958); R.D. Kapur (1948); J.C. Saha and S. Kasinathan (1961); J.C. Saha, E.C. Savini and S. Kasinathan (1961); G.V. Satyavati et al. (1969), (1970); P. Tewari et al. (1967), (1971), (1972); P.V. Tewari, D.N. Prasad and P.K. Das (1966); P.V. Tewari, P.V. Sharma and D.N. Prasad (1972).