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666 The smell of corroded copper according to Cakra, who adds that some read śāva, i.e., smelling like a corpse. 667 Cf. Su.Sū.28.9–10. 668 Cf. Ca.Ci.25.24. P.V. Sharma: brownish. 669 Cf. Su.Sū.22.8. 670 Gulabkunverba: convulsions. P.V. Sharma: tetanus. See on tetanus in India: N. Chevers (1886): 415–425; Ch. Morehead (1860): 672–688. See on tetanus in newborn children: Th. Blanchet (1987): 101–102. Compare on tetanus in ancient Greece: M.D. Grmek (1991): 342, 351–352. 671 Kleda points to the presence of fluid. 672 This term may indicate a particular type of pain in the bones. Gulabkunverba: the presence of a sequestrum. P.V. Sharma: cracking of the bones. 673 Gulabkunverba: neglect of treatment. P.V. Sharma: inactivity. 674 Cf. Su.Sū.22.4; 23.3–12. 675 Cakra remarks that bloodletting is one of the śophaghna measures (see Ca.Ci.25.44). 676 These six interventions are enumerated at Ca.Ci.25.55. See the comments of Jejjata and Cakra: surgical treatises (śalyatantra) distinguish eight kinds, adding āharaṇa and eṣaṇa (or yantrakarman); these two are either included in the six of Caraka or are not regarded as surgical interventions. 677 Jejjata and Cakra: the application of pastes which remove purulent matter; see Ca.Ci. 25.61–62. Avapīḍana is also the term for a type of massage (see A.D. Satpute, 1989: 232). 678 Gulabkunverba and P.V. Sharma: refrigeration. Jejjata and Cakra: alleviation of the burning sensation and heat (dāhauṣmyaśamana). Cf. Ca.Sū.3.26–27; 13.14; Ci.25.63–65ab. 679 Union of the edges of a wound, setting of fractured bones and luxated joints. See Ca. Sū.25.65cd–68. 680 See Ca.Ci.25.72–73. 681 See Ca.Ci.25.80–82. 682 See Ca.Ci.25.83–84. Cf. Su.Sū.37.12. 683 See Ca.Ci.25.87. Cf. Su.Sū.37.22. 684 See Ca.Ci.25.114. See on pralepa(na), which is a kalka applied as a paste: Ca.Ci.21.100; Kusumāvalī ad Siddhayoga 44.9; Śivadāsa ad Cakradatta, vraṇaśotha 10–11. 685 See Ca.Ci.25.89. 686 Ghees are included according to Jejjata and Cakra. 687 See Ca.Ci.25.90–93. Cf. Su.Sū.37.26. 688 Covering externally and internally according to Cakra. See Ca.Ci.25.95. 689 Bandhana and upabandhana according to Jejjata. See Ca.Ci.25.96, where bandages (bandha) of a left and right type are mentioned. 690 Cakra explains the term by nimnavraṇotthāpana. See Ca.Ci.25.99. Cf. Su.Sū.37.30. 691 See Ca.Ci.25.101–107. 692 See Ca.Ci.25.100. Cakra explains the term by utsannavraṇamāṃsakṣayakara. Cf. Su.Sū.37.31–32. 693 See Ca.Ci.25.108ab and 109. 694 See Ca.Ci.25.108cd (śaithilya is used instead of mārdava) and 109.