Leeches and their use:—Persons who may be leeched—Mode of extracting the vitiated blood in' such cases—Mode of applying the leeches— Classification, and mode of collecting and keeping the leeches—Bad leeches and their characteristics—After-measures ... ,,.. ... ... ... 98—105
Origin and characteristic features of lymph chyle:—Its location, course and metamorphosis into blood—Menstrual blood and its nature—Successive metamorphosis of the fundamental principles of the body—Etymology of the term Dhatu—Blood—Swellings which should not be bled—Two kinds of blood letting—Venesection, its mode and different aspects—Mischief created by the vitiated blood not extracted from the system— Causes of excessive bleeding and its effect upon the system—Symptoms of satisfactory bleeding and its beneficial results—Measures to be adopted in cases of excessive or scanty bleeding—Medical treatment of excessive bleeding—Various instructions ... ... ... 106—119
Development or non-development of the excrements and constituent principles of the body:—Nature, locations and functions of the Normal Vayu, Pittam and Kapham, as well as of the lymph chyle, blood, fat, marrow, semen, and ojah (albumen), and the symptoms which mark their increase, decrease, or disiodgment in the human system—Etiologies of obesity and thinness ... 120 — 140
Piercing and bandaging of the lobules of ears:—Evils which attend the accdental hurting of a local vein—Medical unguents and lints— Different processes of bringing about the adhesion of a bifurcated ear-lobe —plastic and rhinuplastic operations ... 141 — 154
