A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c30.324.3

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Identified as quotidian malarial fever by A. Roy (1929: 149). N. Saxena (1995: 115) claims that a fever of the anyeduṣka type also occurs in filariasis. An anyeduṣya fever is already mentioned in the Atharvaveda (7.116.2). 106 Tertian fever (tṛtīyaka) occurs in tertian malaria by Plasmodium vivax or P. ovale; a perfect tertian periodicity may also be present in enteric fevers and meningococcal septicaemia. Quartan fever (caturthaka) is found in quartan malaria by Plasmodium malariae, but also in enteric fevers and meningococcal septicaemia. N. Saxena (1995: 115–16) claims that fevers of these types also occur in filariasis. 107 Cf. Su.U.39.51–53, 57ab, 63cd–71ab. 108 Reversed quartan fever, usually called double quartan fever, may occur in multiple infection with Plasmodium malariae. Cf. Su.U.39.55. 109 See Cakra’s comments on various opinions about the question which fevers should be included in the group called viṣamajvara. See on viṣamajvara: S. Venkatraghavan et al. (1989). 110 See P.V. Sharma (1994): 72–73. Cf. Su.U.39.83–90ab. 111 Cf. Su.U.39.46cd–50. 112 Compare Ca.Sū.17.41. The treatment of these fevers is described at Ca.Ci.3.285cd–287ab (see Cakra’s comments). These thirteen varieties of saṃnipāta fever are prakṛtisamasamavāyārabdha, which means that their symptoms agree with those caused by the doṣas involved. See on this term: Cakra’s comments at Ca.Vi.1.10, Ci.5.16 and 17, 10.25–27, 18.69–75.