Susruta Samhita - Mandhata Global

Chap. III.] CHIKITSA STHANAM. 283
(Kavalikaj should ba placed over it and the patient
should be carefully laid in a tank or cauldron full of
oil with the bamboo splint duly tied up with straps
of hide. In the case of a dislocation of the Amsa-
Sandhi (shoulder-joint), the region of the Kaksha
(arm-pit) should be raised up with an iron-rod (Mushala)
and the wise physician should bandage the part, thus
reduced, in the shape of a Svastika (8-shaped) bandage.
A dislocated elbow-joint should be first rubbed with
the thumb, after which it should be pressed with a view
to set it in its right place by fixing and expanding the
same. After that the affected part should be sprinkled
over with any oleaginous substance. The same measures
should be adopted in the case of a dislocation of
the knee-joint (Janu-sandhi), the wrist-joint (Gulpha-
sandhi) and the ankle-joint (Mani-vandha). 25-29.
In the case of fractured bones in the palms of the
hands, the two palms* should be made even and opposed,
and then bandaged together and the affected parts should
be sprinkled with raw and unmedicated oil (Ama-taila).
The patient should be made later first to hold a ball of
cow-dung, then a ball of clay and then a piece of stone
in his palms and so on, with the progressive return of
strength (to the affected parts). In a case of a fracture of
the Akshaka, the affected part should be first fomented
and then reduced by raising it up with a Mushala
(iron-rod) in the arm-pit or by pressing it down (as the
case may be) and should be firmly bandaged. A case
of fractured arm-bone should be treated according
to the directions given in the case of a fractured
thigh-bone. 30-32,
• The text has ''Ubhe tale same kriivd." Jejjata explains "Ubhe tale"
to mean "palms of the hands and soles of the feet ;" Gaya Dasa explains
it to n>ean "the palms of both the hands."