shaped), round the circular parts of the body; the Sthagiká (betel-box), round the glans-penis and the tips of the fingers ; the Yamakam, round the confluent or contiguous ulcers; the Khattá (bedstead-shaped), over and around the cheeks, cheek-bones, and the parts between the ears and the eye-brows; the Vitánam over the skull, the Gophaná (horn-shaped), round the region of the chin; and the Panchángi, round the part lying above the clavicles.
In short, a bandage of any particular shape should be tied round the part of the body to which it would be found to be most suited. Now we shall deal with the Yantranas (fastenings of bandages) which admit of being divided into three different classes according as they are fastened above, below, or obliquely round an ulcer.
Kavalika' (Tow):—Any soft stuffing or tow (such as the leaves or the bark of trees of medicinal virtues) between the medicine applied over an ulcer and the bandaging linen is called the Kavaliká (medicated tow). The tow or the Kavalika should be placed thickly (on the seat of affection); and then the physician (surgeon having pressed it with his left hand should*[1] place a piece of straight, soft, untwisted,
- ↑ * Carefully examining whether the applied remedy had been uniformly distributed over the diseased surface and whether the contemplated pattern of bandage would be actually suited to the case.
