Medicine
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uṟṟā ṉaḷavum piṇiyaḷavuṅ kālamuṅ / kaṟṟāṉ karutic ceyal.
“The habitudes of patient and disease, the crises of the ill / These must the learned leech think over well, then use his skill.”
“Let the physician take the measure of the patient and the disease and the season that is: and then let him undertake the cure.”
The learned physician should weigh the patient's constitution, the severity of the illness, and the season, and then treat.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
கற்றான்= ஆயுள் வேதத்தினைக் கற்ற மருத்துவன்; உற்றான் அளவும் பிணி அளவும் காலமும் கருதிச் செயல்= அவ்வுபாயத்தினைச் செய்யுங்கால், ஆதுரன் அளவினையும், அவன்கண் நிகழ்கின்ற நோயின் அளவினையும், தன் செயற்கு ஏற்ற காலத்தினையும் அந்நூல் நெறியால் நோக்கி, அவற்றோடு பொருந்தச் செய்க.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
The learned physician should carefully assess the patient's constitution, the severity of the illness, and the prevailing season before administering treatment.