A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c52.290

v3.c52.290

The work describes the transmutation of copper into silver by the aid of an unknown substance called sambala (1.2–16), processes to which mercury and copper are subjected, aurifaction, and the beneficial effects of ingesting mercurial products (5.1–43), the preparation of the rasaliṅga (8.1–37), the reduction of minerals to ashes and the use of these ashes as drugs (9.1–31).