A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c30.398

v2.c30.398

328 Small and itching piḍakās, caused by pitta and kapha. Not mentioned in Ca.Sū.18. Measles according to several Indian physicians: A. Kumar (1994: 264); D.K. Rāy, M. Rāy and R. Śarmā (1992); P.V. Sharma. Cf. Mādhavanidāna 54.13. See on measles in South Asia: N. Chevers (1886): 52–55; A. Hirsch (1881): 112–113; Ch. Morehead (1860): 194–199. See on the history of measles: V. Fossel (1903): 856–864. Measles is thought to have existed in China from time immemorial, but no trace of it is to be found in Greek and Roman documents (M.D. Grmek, 1991: 336; R. Hare, 1967: 121–122); the disease was recognized as a distinct entity by al-Rāzī in the tenth century (R. Hare, 1967: 122).