A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.448

v1.c23.448

The subjects dealt with are: the enumeration of the seventeen diseases belonging to this group (6.3–4); the diseases affecting the whole eye usually originate from abhiṣyanda, 189 which should therefore be treated as soon as it begins to develop (6.5); the characteristics of abhiṣyanda due to vāta, 190 pitta, 191 kapha, 192 and blood 193 (6.6–9); 194 these four types of abhiṣyanda, not treated properly and therefore aggravating, lead to the corresponding very painful types of adhimantha 195 (6.10); 196 the general characteristics of adhimantha (6.11); 197 the characteristics and symptoms of adhimantha due to vāta, 198 pitta, 199 kapha, 200 and blood 201 (6.12–19); 202 prognostic features: improperly treated adhīmantha leads to the loss of eyesight within seven days when it is due to kapha, within six days when due to vāta, within five days when due to blood, and instantaneously when due to pitta (6.20); 203 the characteristics of saśopha 204 and aśopha akṣipāka 205 (6.21–23ab); 206 neglect of adhimantha due to vāta may lead to hatādhimantha, 207 which is incurable (6.23c-f); 208 the pathogenesis of hatādhimantha (6.24); 209 the pathogenesis and symptoms of vātaparyaya 210 (6.25); 211 the characteristics of śuṣkākṣipāka 212 (6.26); 213 the pathogenesis and characteristics of anyatovāta 214 (6.27) 215 and amlādhyuṣita 216 (6.28); 217 the characteristics of sirotpāta 218 (6.29); 219 neglect of sirotpāta may lead to sirāpraharaṣa 220 (6.30).221