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Chap.XXV.] injured limb or organ, attended with pain and loss of function, and the incidental ulcer takes a long time to heal.

An abnormal increase in the local swelling, together with an excruciating pain, loss of strength, breaking pain in the joints, and in-operativeness of the affected part, mark the wounding of a flexible or immovable joint. Similarly, in the case where a bone is hurt or injured in the course of a surgical operation, the patient is tormented with indescribable pain, day and night, and finds no comfort in any position what-soever. Pain and swelling specifically mark the affected locality, and thirst and inertness of the limbs add to the list of his sufferings.

A case of any injured Sira-Marma ( vital venal or arterial combination or plexus exhibits the same symptoms which characterise the hurting of a single vein, as previously described. Loss of actual perception (anaesthesia), and a yellowish colour of the skin mark the case where the injury is confined to the vital principle of the flesh.

A patient, who is discreet, and is not in a special hurry to end his earthly sojourn, would do well to shun the presence of a bungling, unskilful surgeon, who can not even keep himself unhurt in the course of a surgical operation.