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Distinction between suppurating and non-suppurating swellings:—Different types of inflammatory swellings produced by the deranged Vayu, Pittani, etc., and the symptoms which mark their respective actions in each type—Characteristic symptoms of a suppurating, suppurated, or non-suppurated swelling—Hints on incising suppurated swellings—Evils of opening an abscess at its inflammatory stage—Feeding and anaesthetising of a patient before lancing off an abscess—Classification of surgical operations in connection with an abscess ... ... ...

Dressings and bandages of ulcers:—Classification of medicinal plasters according to their thickness, application and function— Use of the different types of plasters—Articles of bandaging—Bandages and their names and applications—Tow—Mode of introducing a lint—Renewals of bandages according to the nature of the ulcer and the prevailing season of the year—Evils of non-bandaging—Benefits of bandaging—Cases where bandaging is prohibited—Hints on the proper lubrication of the lint—Incidental remarks on the bandaging of fractured or dislocated bones ... ...

Nursing and management of an Ulcer-patient:—Nature of his bed and chamber—Articles prohibited to an ulcer patient—Prophylaxis against monsters and demons—Diet and conduct of an ulcer-patient ... ... ... ... ...

Salutary and Non-salutary effects of regimen, etc.:— Classification of all articles of fare according as they are wholesome or unwholeseme to the human system, or are relatively wholesome or otherwise— Foodstuff—Incompatibility through combination—Injuriousness through combination—Incompatibility through pre-