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62 drops, if they consist of vegetable juice, should be used before eating, and if of oil, after sun-set. Oil well rubbed into the soles of the feet strengthens the legs and prevents Assuring of the skin. It also induces sleep and improves the vision. As serpents never go near an eagle, so, it is said, diseases do not approach a person who is in the habit of taking physical exercise and anointing his limbs with oil. The whole body is energised if anointed before the daily bath. But the anointment is deprecated in fresh cases of fevers, indigestion, anaemia, or vomiting. It is also to be avoided by one who has taken a cathartic. Anointment is followed by bathing. Every Hindoo is required to bathe* at