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Chap.XXXII.]

SUTRASTHANAM.

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A Mahavyadhi*^[1] (lit:—a deep seated disease) suddenly abating in a person in whom nourishment fails to produce any perceptible effect forebodes a fatal termination. The physician, who can detect and fully interpret these fatal indications, is honoured by the king for determining the curable or incurable nature of a disease.

Thus ends the thirty-second Chapter of Sutrasthanam in the Sushruta- Samhita which deals with the prognosis based on perversion of the natural appearances of the body.

↑ *Any deep seated disease, which seriously affects the vital principles of a man, is called Mahavyadhi. Diseases such as Prameha, Vatavyadhi, Shosha, etc. have also been included within the category in the Chapter on Kaya-chikitsha. A general amelioration or recovery in these cases being natural, on account of their deep-seated character, a sudden abatement is usually fraught with fatal consequences. (Arishtam.)

[1] *Any deep seated disease, which seriously affects the vital principles of a man, is called Mahavyadhi. Diseases such as Prameha, Vatavyadhi, Shosha, etc. have also been included within the category in the Chapter on Kaya-chikitsha. A general amelioration or recovery in these cases being natural, on account of their deep-seated character, a sudden abatement is usually fraught with fatal consequences. (Arishtam.)

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