Indian Medicine (Medicin), translated by C. G. Kashikar c19.1

c19.1

Abbasians 26 abortion 91-4 abrus precatorius 43 abscess 61, 64 acme 27 active senses 67 acute dysentary 110 adular 50 albuminorrhae 122 alchemy 44, 189 Alexander the Great 32 aloes wood 57 amulet 83, 88 anaemia 128 anatomy 3, 6, 15, 17, 25, 62ff. animal-hides 31 anointing 56 antelope 57 antidote 180 antimony sulphide 55, 168 apes 181 aphrodisiacs 6, 9, 22 apoplexy 176-7 Arabia 26-7, 44, 140, 205 Arabic 10, 11, 14, 16, 21 Arabs 4, 44 arms 63 Arrian 32 asafoetida 23, 26, 113-4 ascetic 32 Asclepiads 27 asthma 131-3 astrology 28 astronomy 28 autumn 57 back 63-4 Bactrian physician 26