followed for ten days, as it would impart a fresh vigour to the sight. After-measures (such as snuffs, errhines, Tarpanas, etc.) should then be employed and the Diet should consist of light articles of food and be given only in moderate quantities. 36.
Persons declared unfit for venesection (viz., infants, old men, etc.) in the chapter on venesection *[1] should not be subjected to any surgical operation, in cases of Niliká except at the place mentioned before (viz. the natural aperture — Daiva-krita Chhidra). 37.
Symptoms and treatment of the disorders resulting from an injudicious operation: — If the incidental hæmorrhage (from a puncture in a wrong place) fill in the cavity of the eye, in that case the eye should be beneficially sprinkled over with clarified butter duly cooked with Yashti-madhu and breast-milk. An incision (puncture) close to the exterior corner (Apánga) of the eye would usher in swelling, pain, lachrymation and redness of the eye, which should be remedied by poulticing (Upanáha) the part between the arches of the eye-brows, and sprinkling (Sechana) the eye over with tepid clarified butter. In the event of the organ being punctured near the Krishna-mandala (region of the iris) and the Krishna-mandala being affected thereby, the affected part should be sprinkled over with clarified butter, purgative should be administered and blood-letting (by means of leeches) should be resorted to. A distressing pain ensues from the puncture being made on the upper part of the eye (Krishna-mandala) and this should be cured by sprinkling drops of lukewarm clarified butter on the seat of affection. Excessive lachrymation sets in
- ↑ * Śárira-Sthana, Chapter VII.
