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Chap.XXXIV.]
SUTRASTHANAM.
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subduing the deranged bodily humours without creating any discomfort to the patient, and which is harmless even in an overdose, and is judiciously administered at the opportune moment.
Nurse:—That person alone is fit to nurse or to attend the bedside of a patient, who is cool-headed and pleasant in his demeanour, does not speak ill of any body, is strong and attentive to the requirements of the sick, and strictly and indefatigably follows the instructions of the physician.
Thus ends the thirty-fourth Chapter of the Sutrasthanam in the Sushruta Samhita, which treats of preserving the life of a king whose soldiers are on march.
