A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c57.417

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v4.c57.417

259 Not mentioned elsewhere. This may be the crab-louse, *Phthirus pubis*, although this animal has a broad and flat body, which makes it probable that it is called *cipiṭa* in the *Suśrutasaṃhitā*. *Yaṣṭikā* may also be the tropical bedbug.

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Suśrutasaṃhitā — Suśruta & Nāgārjuna (siddha/alchemist), Sanskrit