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2Cl\ TllK SUSIIRUTA SAMIIITA. Chap. VIII.]
the scrotum should b::^ opened in a case of hydrocele
(Mutra-Vriddhi). 36-39.
Th2 vein four finders below the navel and on the
left side of the Sevani (suture) should be opened in a
case of Dakodara (ascites). In a case of internal
abscess and c )lic in the sides (Pleurodynia), the vein in
the region between th3 breast and the left armpit
should be opened. Several authorities assert that in a
case of Avavahuka and Vahus'osha (atrophy of the hand),
the vein between the Amsas (shoulders) should be
opened. In a ca?c of Tritiyaka (Tertian) fever, the vein
inside the Trika-Sandhi should be opened. In a case
of Chatiirthaka fever, a vein joined with either side of
and below the shoulder-joint should be opened. In a
case of Apasmara, the middle vein adjacent to the joint
of the jaw-bones (Hanu-Sandhi) should be opened. In
a case of insanity and hysteria* (Apasmara), the vein
between the temple and the edge of the sculp or those
in the Ap'inga (tips of the eyes), the forehead or the
chest should be opened. In cases of the diseases of the
tongue and the teeth, the veins on the under-surface
(Adho-Jihva) of the tongue should be opened. In
the case of a disease of the palate, the local vein should
be opened. In diseases of the ears and specially in
a case of inflammatory ear-ache (Karna-Sula), the vein
along the region above the ears should be opened. In
diseases of the nose and specially in a case of the loss
of the smelling faculty, the vein at the tip of the nose
should be opened. In cases of eye-diseases, such as
• D.xllana, however, differs here frooi the text. He says, on the
authority of Vagbhata, that the opening of a vein between the temple and
iho edgi- of the sculp or those in the Apdnga, ihe forehead and the chest
should be recommended in cases of insanity only, and not in the case of
of .Apatmara as well (as in the text).