Hindu Medicine c7.275

c7.275

Before proceeding to examine a case, the doctor should watch for auspicious signs. The encouraging or inauspicious appearance of the messenger who has been dispatched to fetch the doctor will to some extent reveal whether the case is curable or better left alone. The omens, lucky or unlucky, which the physician encounters while underway to the patient’s house, afford additional clues as to whether the patient is to recover or is doomed. Moreover the doctor should pay attention to the dreams of the patient and his near relatives, since they may indicate whether or not the illness will take a satisfactory course.