A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c33.361

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147 Saṃśodhana (purificatory treatment) to Dalhaṇa. 148 Bhiṣagratna calls them harītakī-, mahāvṛkṣa- and cavyādighṛta. 149 See Su.Ci.4.27. 150 Cf. Su.Ci.2.56–60ab. 151 See on this chapter: H. Fasbender (1897): 53–57; J.A. Vullers (1846). See for examples of bad practices: N. Chevers (1886): 747–749. See on Graeco-Roman parallels: P. Diepgen (1937): 209–210, 268–274; H. Fasbender (1897): 147–171, 176–179. 152 See on cases where the physician had to inform a royal officer: L. Sternbach (1965): 290–291. 153 See Su.Ni.8. 154 Cyāvana: making (the foetus) descend. 155 See on this subject R.F.G. Müller (1928): 255–265. 156 I.e., the seventh and eighth types of mūḍhagarbha (see Ni.8). 157 Other instruments referred to are the aṅgulīśastra (15.12) and vṛddhipattra (15.16). See on similar techniques in Graeco-Roman medicine: E. Buchheim (1916); P. Diepgen (1937): 272–274; A. Krug (1993): 82, 91–92; J.S. Milne (1907): 152–158. See on the techniques in Islamic medicine: Albucasis II.76–77 (M.S. Spink and G.L. Lewis, 1973: 476–495). 158 Cf. Su.Śā.10.21. 159 Cf. Ca.Ci.28.148cd–157ab. 160 See Su.Ni.9 on vidradhi. Cf. Ca.Sū.17.103 on treatment. 161 Cf. Su.Ni.9.14cd. 162 This recipe is not authoritative according to some, but Dalhaṇa accepts it because Gayadāsa did so. Cf. Cakradatta, vraṇasōtha (Su.Ci.16.16cd–17, 18cd–20ab). 163 See on the āyurvedic treatment of asthividradhi: H.K. Kushwaha and K.P. Sharma (1992b). 164 See Su.Ni.10 on these diseases. 165 Compare Su.Ni.10.8 on these diseases. Cf. Ca.Ci.21.43–143 (on the treatment of visarpa). 166 Compare the gauryādyaghṛta of Gadanigraha (prayogakhaṇḍa, ghṛtādhikāra 198–199; attributed to Kṛṣṇātreya) and Śārṅgadharasaṃhitā (II.9.62–64). 167 The kṣārasūtra is mentioned in the Carakasaṃhitā (Ci.12.97); see also: A.s.Ci.10.3 and Cakradatta, arśas 148. See on the kṣārasūtra treatment: K. Coprā and S.A. Mehtā (1993); P.J. Deshpande et al. *(1966), (1968); *P.J. Deshpande and S.N. Pathak (1965); P.J. Deshpande and K.R. Sharma (1973), (1976); P.J. Deshpande, K.R. Sharma and S.K. Sharma (1973); P.J. Deshpande (1975); D.K. Mishra (1997); S.N. Pathak (1991); K.P. Sharma and H.K. Kushwah (1994); K.R. Sharma (1973–74); K.R. Sharma, S.K. Sharma and P.J. Deshpande (1975), (1976); O.P. Sharma and K.M. Agrawal (1994). 168 Cf. Ca.Ci.30.251–282ab. 169 The first recorded case of inflammatory mastitis is that of queen Atossa of Persia, treated by the Greek physician Demokedes, as told by Herodotus in his Histories (Book III) (see P. Diepgen, 1937: 237; A.T. Sandison, 1967). 170 See Su.Ni.11 on these diseases. 171 Explained by Dalhaṇa as māṃsapraroha. 172 Cf. Ca.Ci.12.82–85. 173 Cf. Ca.Ci.12.87. 174 Cf. Ca.Ci.12.80; 21.139–140. 175 Compare Celsus, De medicina VII.18 and 19. 176 See Su.Ni.12 on these diseases.