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THE SUSHRUTA SAMHITA
[Chap. LX

ployed in a case due to the influence of any Deva Graha (divine spirit). No hostile measure should be adopted in a case of possession by a Graha other than that due to the influence of a Piśácha Graha in as much as the mighty Grahas, if offended, might kill both the patient and the physician for the act. A physician, treating such a case with discretion according to the rules laid dawn in the chapter known as the Hitáhita (Ch. XX, Sutra-Sthána) may acquire both fame and wealth. 30-31.

Thus ends the sixtieth chapter of the Uttara-Tantra in the Sus'ruta Samhitá which deals with the (symptoms and) treatment of the disease brought on through super-human influences.