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 CHAPTER V.

Now we shall discuss the Chapter which treats of Preliminary measures in connection with the curative remedies of a disease.* (Agropaharaniyam-adhyayam).

The entire course of medical treatment in connection with a disease may be grouped under three subheads, as the Preliminary measures (Purva-karma); the Principal therapeutical or surgical appliances (Pradhana-karma); and the After-measures (Paschat-karma). These measures will be discussed under the head of each disease as we shall have occasion to deal with them. As the present treatise principally