34 The precautions to be taken (against dangers, such as poisoning of water, etc. 33 Palliative treatment of incurable diseases. 32 Prognosis based on the perversion in the external appearances of the body. 31 Prognosis based on the altered condition of features, etc. 30 Prognosis from the perversion of sense perception. 29 The favourable or unfavourable prognosis in diseases as known from messengers, omens and dreams. 28 How to know favourable' and unfavourable terminations in surgical diseases. 26 TheĮxploration of splinters lost (deep seated) in the body. 25 The (eight different) ways of using surgical instruments.

2S General rules to be observed in the treatment of curable and incurable (surgical diseases). 21 The decisive modes in the treatment of sores, etc. 20 The salutary and non-salutary effects of regimen, etc. 19 The management of patients with ulcers, etc. 17 How to distinguish between suppurating and non-suppurating swellings. 16 The ceremony of piercing the lobules of the ears. 15 Dwells on the study of development and non-development of the humorous constituents of the body and excrements. 12 Cauteries and the rules to be observed in their use. 11 Pharmacy of alkalies (potential cauteries). 10 Dwells on the duties of medical men preliminary to their commencing practice. Practical instructions for surgical operations. 6 Deals with seasons and their influence on health and drugs. 4 Dwells on general interpretations and explanations of subjects studied, 5 Treats of preliminary preparations for surgical operations. 3 Deals with the classification and order of the study of the Ayurveda. 2 Relates to the formal initiation of a pupil into the science of medicine. Chapter 1 Describes the origin of the science of the Ayurveda. Metrical texts : The Sutra-Sthanam which contains forty-six chapters, is so called because it discusses in the form of hints, arranges in the form of aphorisms and connects by links topics relating to longevity. In addition to these the Uttara-Tantram consists of sixty-six chapters.

It has been stated before, that a hundred and twenty chapters have been distributed among the five parts or subdivisions (of the present work) in the following order :- Forty six in the part of Definitive Aphorisms ( Sutra-Sthanam) sixteen in the part dealing with the Etiology of diseases ( Nidanam) ten in the part explaining the Anatomy and physiology of the human body ( Sharira Sthanam) forty in the part of Therapeutics ( Chikitsitam) and eight in the part dealing with poisons and their antidotes ( Kalpa-Sthanam). Now we shall discuss the chapter which deals with the classification of the Ayurveda and the order.

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