A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c11.84

v1.c11.84

Disorders described are: bleeding (puṣpadarśana), bleeding associated with āma, upaviṣṭaka (prolongation of the gestation period), nāgodara (death of the child within the womb, followed by withering), udāvarta, vibandha (chronic obstipation), and death of the unborn child (mṛtagarbha); extraction (haraṇa) of a dead child (called a śalya) by a specialist (garbhahartar) is discussed.258