and not on the posterior one, as such a procedure might be attended with dreadful results.
An ear-lobe should not be tried to be elongated just after the adhesion of its two severed parts, inasmuch as the centre of the adhesion, still being raw, might cause them to fall off again. Thus an ear-lobe under the circumstance should be gradually elongated, only when it would be found to be marked by the growth of hair on its surface, and the hole or the perforation has assumed a circular look, and the adhesion has become firmly effected, well-dried, painless, even and level in its entire length.
The modes of bringing about an adhesion of the two severed parts of an ear-lobe are innumerable; and a skilled and experienced surgeon should determine the shape and nature of each according to the exigencies of a particular case.[1]
- ↑ * Additional Text:—O Sushruta, again I shall deal with diseases which affect the lobule of an ear under the circumstance described above The deranged bodily Váyu, Pittam and Kaphanm, either jointly or severally, give rise to several types of diseases which affect the lobule of an ear. The deranged Váyu produces numbness and an erysipelatous swelling and ulcer about the affected ear-lobe, while an erysipelatous ulcer in the locality accompanied by swelling, burning, suppuration, etc., should be ascribed to the action of the deranged Pittam. Heaviness, numbness and swelling of the ear-lobe accompanied by constant itching in the affected locality mark the action of the deranged Kapham. The medical treatment in these cases consists in effecting a subsidence of the particular deranged humour by means of diaphoresis, lubrication, Parishekas (medicated plasters) or blood-letting as the case may be. These measures should be moderately applied and a nutritive and invigorating food should be pres-
