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by lightning should be regarded as beyond the pale of medicine.*[1]
Thus ends the twelfth Chapter of the Sutrasthanam in the Sushruta Samhita which treats of Cauteries and the rules to be observed in their use.
- ↑ *Additional texts:—Where the scorching would be found to be considerably extensive; otherwise such measures as lubrication with medicated unguents etc. should be adopted in a case where the patient is picked up alive.
