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6o THE SUSriRUTA SAMHITA. CChap. VIII.
India Cicsarean operations were very frequently undertaken in cases of
puerperal eclampsia, where the molher had been in the deplorable condi-
tion of a goat sufTerin}^ from cramps and convulsions as well as in cases
of an accidental death not unlike that which fell to the lot of the poor
molher of him in whose nnme the operation is called. q^ = goat»in =
destroyer (Sec Monier William's Dictionary) hence a goat-destroyer = a
tiger or wolf) or in cases where the presence of deformity in the parturient
canal or of maUormalion of the foetus prevented the natural delivery of a
living child. The incision is not to be made anywhere else but exactly
in the place where Kelkin saw the illiterate Negro successfully apply his
knife, the selection of !(f^' ({{^^ as suggested by some commentators
being a tempest on a tea pot especially when the subject is beyond the
grave. In a living subject the selection of a proper site for the o,"eration
is of course very commendable. Hence we venture to suggest that
extraction of the living foetus from the womb by making incision through
this part of the pelvis was also attempted later on. We extract here the
two dififerent readings and leave our readers to judge whether we are
correct to draw the above inferences. — Ed.
^r«fi^ ^^^^\^\: f,fg : H^^e^ qf? oi5?i«i% ori: ai^.^ qij^sc^^^-
r^?'^ I Bagabhala S'arira S'.hanam. ch. II. slo. 53.
^ft^^\K U^^w. ffg: v^^'H gf? ?i?igiii5^^*i% « m^fqc^;*?-
Thus ends the eighth Chapter of the Nidana Sthanam in the Sus'ruta
Samhitd, which treats of Niddnam of difficult labour and false presenta-
tions.