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 Chap. XXI. ] UTTARA-TANTRAM. II7 and the treatment thereafter should conform to the nature of the specific deranged Dosha of the body involved in the case. 46-47. Treatment of Karna-paka, etc. :— Remedies and remedial measures described in connection with Pittaja Vi.sarpa* should be used with equal profit in a case of Karna-paika (inflammatory suppura- tion of the ear). Any filth or vermin, etc., lodged in the cavity of the ear .should be removed with the help of a probe, or (by cutting it) with a horn. Cures for the remaining cases of affections in the ear have been described before ( in the Chikitsita-sthana, Chapters XVIII, VI and XXIII). 48-50. Thus ends the twenty-first chapter of the Uttara-Tanira in the Sus'ruta Samhita which' deals with the treatment of the diseases pecu- liar to the ear. 'Kshataja-Visarpa'.
 * In place of 'Piltaja-Visarpa', both Vrinda and Chakradatta read