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THE SUSRUTA SAMHITA
[Chap. LXI.

the patient as soon as it would acquire its (particular) taste and aroma. Venesection (in the forehead) as recommended before (Śárira-sthána, Chap. VIII, 25-26) should be resorted to and prophylactic and auspicious articles should be used (by the patient). 22-23.

Thus ends the sixty-first chapter in the Uttara Tantra of the Sus'ruta Samhitá which deals with the (symptoms and) treatment of Apasmára.