Chapter 34 of the Shri Sai Satcharitra is very specific about the failure of conventional medicine in the case of the bone-cyst. The text explicitly states that the boy's own uncle was a degree-holding doctor, and his physician friends attempted various treatments without success. It goes further to mention that "Expert and intelligent surgeons also became exhausted and felt helpless." The narrative makes it a point to cover all bases, noting that "All native and foreign treatments were tried; all efforts were exhausted. Even surgery was attempted, but nothing succeeded." This comprehensive failure of the medical field at the time serves to emphasize the miraculous nature of the cure that was to come from Sai Baba's Udi.
The Satcharitra mentions a bone-cyst was incurable by medicine. What specific treatments were tried and failed before the family went to Shirdi?
📖 Chapter 34