Indian Medicine (Medicin), translated by C. G. Kashikar c11.36

c11.36

retroperistaltic movements of the wind. The physician has, therefore, to proceed according to the positions. The expressions mūḍhagarbha and mṛtagarbha are many a time wrongly used. This is due mostly to the unfortunate result of the obstructed delivery. Caraka mentions only the mṛtagarbha and takes no cognisance of the abnormal positions. The commentators explain mūḍha also by ruddhagati—"whose advance is hindered".