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ee THE SUSHRUTA SAMHITA. [Chap. IX.
of the body etc. without any fixed root of its own.
Hence, it is that a Gulma (internal tumour) does not
suppurate at all. Suppuration sets in in an abscess only
because it largely contains flesh and blood unlike a
Gulma (internal tumour) which is not formed of any
such organic matter, and depends only on the aggravated
Doshas giving birth to it. Hence, a Gulma does not
suppurate at all. 24.
Incurable Types :—A case of an internal
abscess suppurating about the heart, bladder or
umbilicus as well as one of the Tridosha type (appearing
in any part of the organism) should be given up as in-
curable. The abscess in which the marrow suppurates
(generally) becomes fatal. The suppurating process in
an internal abscess, which generally affects the under-
lying bone, is sometimes found to affect the marrow.
The suppurated marrow, failing to find an outlet on
account of the compactness of the local flesh and bone,
produces a sort of burning sensation in the locality
which consumes the body like a blazing fire. The
disease confined to the bone, like a piercing dirt,
torments the patient for a considerable length of time.
An incision (made into the affected bone) is followed
by the secretion of a fat-like, glossy, white, cold and
thick pus. Men, learned in the knowledge of the
Medicinal Sastras, designate such an abscess as an
Asthighata-Vidradhi (abscess of the bone) which
involves all the three kinds of deranged Doshas, and is
attended with various kinds of pain w hich mark them
respectively. 25-26.
Thu'^ rnrls th' ninili Chapler of the Nidanasthanam in ihe Sii^'mta
Siimliiid which treats o(the celiology of absccs.?.