[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Hindu Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948) › c7.74 # Hindu Medicine c7.74 Hindu Medicine c7.74 - **Language:** English ### [c7.74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c7.74) An indispensable element of the charm, intended to secure definite effectiveness, is the solemn and explicit statement that the treatment has already operated according to expectation: “I have snatched thee away,” the doctor addresses the patient in concluding his magic work, “. . . from all sickness . . .” (28). The result, however, is stated in an anticipatory way, as an evocation of the desired effect, at the very outset of the procedure (3): “they have made depart from thee . . . thy sin-born Consumption.” - [Previous: c7.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c7.73) - [Next: c7.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c7.75) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c7.74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c7.74) · Pramāṇa