ing of Saindhava, Kásisa (Sulphate of iron) and Pippali. The affected eye-lid should then be carefully cauterised with a (red-hot) rod after a (complete) cessation of the bleeding. The residue of its root or base, if any, should be scarified with a scarifying alkaline (caustic) preparation. Decoctions of strong emetic and purgative drugs*[1] should be (internally) administered for the elimination of the Doshas (from the Vrana — ulcer). The measures and remedies mentioned in connection with Abhishyanda (Ophthalmia) should also be prescribed with regard to the nature of the bodily Doshas involved in the case. The patient shall observe strict regimen of diet and conduct for a month after the surgical operation. 12.
Thus ends the fifteenth chapter in the Uttara-Tantra of the Sus'ruta Samhitá which treats of the remedies of eye-diseases requiring excisions or surgical operation.
- ↑ * Some commentators say that emetics and purgatives should be internally administered, but Dallana and the Panjiká-kára oppose this view.
