A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c13.191

v1.c13.191

Several specific diseases are described in the section that follows. These diseases are: ardita (facial paresis) (28.38–42),⁷⁸⁸ manyāstambha (28.43a-c),⁷⁸⁹ antarāyāma (28.43d–45c),⁷⁹⁰ dhanuḥstambha or bahirāyama (28.45d–48),⁷⁹¹ hanugraha (lockjaw) (28.49–50ab),⁷⁹² ākṣepaka (convulsions) (28.50cd–51ab),⁷⁹³ daṇḍaka (28.51cd–52ab),⁷⁹⁴ curable and incurable forms of the diseases mentioned (ardita up to daṇḍaka) (28.52cd–53ab), pakṣavadha (hemiplegia) (28.53cd–54),⁷⁹⁵ ekāṅgaroga (paresis or paralysis of one limb)⁷⁹⁶ and sarvāṅgaroga (tetraplegia) (28.55),⁷⁹⁷ gṛdhrasī (sciatica) and its two varieties (28.56–57ab),⁷⁹⁸ and khallī (28.57cd).⁷⁹⁹