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702 THE SUSHRUTA SAMHITA. [Chap. III.
does horripilation appsar even after a copious pouring
of cold water on the body, should be likewise given up
as lost. A case of snake-bite in which the tongue of the
victim is found to be coated white and whose hair falls
off (on the slightest pull), the bridge of whose nose be-
comes bent and the voice hoarse, where there is lock-
jaw and the appearance of a blackish-red swelling
about the bite,—such a case should be given up as
hopeless. 21 22.
The case in which thick, long lumps of mucus are ex-
pectorated accompanied by bleeding from both the
upward and the downward orifices of the body with
distinct impression of all the fangs on the bitten part,
should be given up by the physician. 23.
A case of snake-bite marked by the symptoms of
an insane state like that of a drunkard and accom-
panied by severe distressing symptoms (Upadrava),
as well as loss of voice and complexion and an absence
of the circulation of blood* and by other fatal symptoms
should be abandoned and no action need be taken
therein. 24.
Thus ends the third Chapter of the Kalpa-Sthana in the Sus'ruta
Samhita which treats of animal poisons.
* The text has "Avegi". Kartika explains it to mean "with sup-
pression of the natural urgings, ie.. of stool, urine, etc.