A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c33.357

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30 Bhishagratna: perforation of the wall of the āmāśaya or pakvāśaya. The symptoms enumerated suggest bleeding into these cavities. 31 Or: the sides of the head (see Ḍalhaṇa). 32 See Su.Sū.16. 33 See Su.Sū.27. 34 Compare Celsus, De Medicina VII.16. 35 These ants are called pipīlikā. The Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Ci.15.110) and Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha (Ci.17.40) employ the term markoṭa(ka). See on markoṭaka: B.J. Sandesara and J.P. Thaker (1966): 446. 36 Cf. Su.Ci.14.17. See on these sutures with ant heads: G. Majno (1975): 304–309. The technique is known from other countries too. See on the subject: E.H. Ackerknecht (1946) and (1967); W. Beebe (1922): 140; S. Furnari *(1845a): 310–312, (1845b); E.W. Gudger (1925); R.M. Middleton Jr. (1896); W. Sprengel (1819): 671, 673, 675, 676, 682, 684; W.M. Wheeler (1960): 10. 37 These injuries are of the viddha type. 38 Some prescriptions on this instrument. 39 See Ḍalhaṇa’s explanations regarding the term cakrataila, also used at Su.Sū.44.47, Ci.3.12 and 24.28. 40 See on this chapter: P.J. Despande, K.R. Sharma and G.C. Prasad (1970): 24–35. Compare the German translation of R.F.G. Müller (1949: 234–239). See on the āyurvedic treatment of fractures: S.S. Chopra et al. (1975); S.S. Chopra, M.R. Patel and R.P. Awadhiya (1976); J.D. Gode, G. Prasad and K.N. Udupa (1966); G.C. Prasad, S. Chatterjee and K.N. Udupa (1970); G.C. Prasad (n.d.); G.C. Prasad and K.N. Udupa (1963), (1970); *L.M. Singh and K.N. Udupa (1962); K.N. Udupa and G.C. Prasad (1962), (1964a), (1964b); *K.N. Udupa, G.C. Prasad and S.P. Sen (1965). Compare on the treatment of fractures and dislocations in Greek medicine: the treatises of the Corpus Hippocraticum called Peri agmōn (É. Littré III, 338–563; Loeb III, 84–199), Peri arthrōn (É. Littré IV, 1–327; Loeb III, 200–397), and Mochlikon (É. Littré IV, 328–395; Loeb III, 398–449). See on the same subject in Roman medicine: Celsus, De medicina, book VIII. 41 This verse is not read by Jejjata, but accepted by Gayaḍāsa and Ḍalhaṇa. 42 See on this subject: G. Mukhopādhyāya (1913): 193–195. 43 The dislocation should be reduced by means of cakrayoga (see Ḍalhaṇa’s explanations): a circular splint according to Bhishagratna, a circular motion (circumduction) according to Singhal cs. Compare the interpretation of R.F.G. Müller (1949): 236, n.5. 44 The treatment of loose (śithila, calita) teeth is discussed. 45 See G. Mukhopādhyāya (1913): 87–89. 46 One of these measures in the application of mastiṣkya, a type of śirobasti, also mentioned at Su.Ci.5.19 and 22, 31.3 and U.21.12. 47 Cf. Ca.Ci.28. 48 Called thus because one dharaṇa of each of the six ingredients (enumerated at 4.4ab) is used in its preparation. Compare Cakradatta, vātavyādhi 3–5. Ḍalhaṇa explains that twenty-one niṣpāva make one dharaṇa (compare: Manusmṛti 8.135–137; Viṣṇusmṛti 4.12). 49 Identical with an ārā (awl) according to Ḍalhaṇa. 50 See Ḍalhaṇa’s comments on this disorder. 51 A tepid poultice. See Ḍalhaṇa on the ratios of the ingredients. Compare Cakradatta, vātavyādhi 88–91.