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VIII.] caused by urethral discharges (ten varieties) ; rheumatism ; scrotal tumours (of seven kinds) ; skin diseases (eighteen forms) ; swellings (of nine sorts) ; sympathetic diseases ; traumatic affections of the eye-ball; tumours ; ulcers (fifteen varieties); unnatural labours ; diseases of the urinary organs; urinary calculi (of four kinds) ; virile debility ; vomiting ; warts ; diseases of wind ; worm diseases (of twenty-one varieties) ; wounds (of eight kinds) ; and miscellaneous diseases. Diseases of women form the subject of a separate chapter; infantile ailments and nursing are treated under the head of ; and symptoms and treatment of diseases supposed to be caused by superhuman powers are described under.

The treatment of poisons and their antidotes come under the head of. Poisons are of two kinds, namely :, vegetable and mineral poisons ; arid , animal poisons. Datura, arsenic, and others are Sthavara poisons, and are cured by emetics, purgatives, errhines, collyria, and antiphlogistic treatment. Jangama poisons include venoms of such animals as insects, scorpions, spiders, lizards, serpents, mad dogs, foxes, jackals, wolves, bears, tigers, etc. Various antidotes are prescribed for