A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c24.83

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Chapter four (śvāsahidhmānidāna) deals with: the general aetiology of respiratory disorders (śvāsa) (4.1–2ab); 75 the five types of śvāsa: kṣudraka, tamaka, chinnaśvāsa, mahāśvāsa, and ūrdhvaśvāsa (4.2cd); 76 the pathogenesis (4.3–4ab); 77 the prodromes (4.4cd–5a); 78 the causes of kṣudraśvāsa, which subsides spontaneously (4.5b–d); 79 the pathogenesis, symptoms and degrees of curability of tamaka (4.6–10); 80 this disease is called pratamaka when it is associated with fever and fainting (mūrcchā) (4.11ab); 81 the symptomatology of chinnaśvāsa (4.11cd–13ab), 82 mahāśvāsa (4.13cd–15) 83 and ūrdhvaśvāsa (4.16–17); 84 the prognosis of chinna-, mahā- and ūrdhvaśvāsa (4.18ab); 85 the aetiology, prodromes, number of types, pathogenesis and seat (saṃśraya) of hiccup (hidhmā) are the same as those of śvāsa; 86 five types are distinguished: bhaktodbhavā (produced by the ingestion of foods or drinks), kṣudrā, yamalā, mahatī, and gambhīrā (4.18cd–19c); 87 the causes and symptoms of the annajā (= bhaktodbhavā) (4.19cd–21ab) 88 and kṣudrā types (4.21cd–22); 89 the symptoms of the yamalā type, also called veginī and pariṇāmavatī (4.23–25ab); 90 the symptoms of mahāhidhmā (4.25cd–27) 91 and gambhīrā hidhmā (4.28–29ab); 92 prognostic features (4.29b–30); 93 hiccup and respiratory disorders are more dangerous than other diseases; they appear at the approach of death (4.31). 94