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Chap. XVI.] CHIKITSA STHANAM. 417
(anointments, etc.) and fomentations should be first
resorted to, after which blood-letting should be
made ; and the remedial measures of the present
chapter should be then employed When it reaches the
suppurating stage, the bone should be operated upon,
and after the full elimination of the pus and the putrid
matter from the incised ulcer, purifying remedies should
be employed. The incidental ulcer should be washed
with the decoction of the bitter drugs and the Tikta-
Sarpis* should be u>ed. An intelligent physician
should apply the decoction of the drugs of the
Sams'odhaniya group, if the oozing out of the marrow
is not arrested. A medicated oil cooked with Priyangu,
Dhdtaki^ Rodhra, Katphala, Nemi\ and Saindhava
salt should be used in healing up an ulcer incidental
to an opened up Vidradhi. 24-25.
Thus ends the sixteenth Chapter of the Chikilsita Slhanam in the
Sus'rula Samhita which deals with the treatment of abscess.
* This medicated Ghrita (Chikitsifa Slhanam, Ch. IX) may be used
both internally and externally with good results. Ed.
t Dallana reads "Tini" in place of "Nemi," both of which, however,
mean "TinisV. Chakradatfa does not include "Saindhava" in the list, but
reads "Tini^'a-twacham" in place of "Nemi-Saindhavam". S'ivcdasa,
however, adds another reading 'Tinis 'am Dhavam" on the authoiity of
Chandrala.
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