Method of treatment: judging the life span first

The physician should first learn the patient's span of life through questions, portents, omens, scripture, astrology (ascendant and lunar conjunctions), dreams and the words of those with divine knowledge, and only then attempt treatment. No being dies without death signs (riṣṭa) appearing, so he must search for them carefully; a footnote adds that they can appear in any part of the body, so each part is examined in turn.