A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c33.457

v2.c33.457

147 N.K. Bidyādhar (1939: 557): tumor of an eyelid. J. Hirschberg (1899: 44): chalazion polyposum. Singhal c.s.: polypus or papilloma of an eyelid. 148 Compare Mādhavanidāna 59.91. 149 N.K. Bidyādhar (1939: 557): blepharospasm. A.A.M. Esser (1938: 266): facial tic. J. Hirschberg (1899: 44): Lidkrampf, i.e., blepharospasm. Singhal c.s.: frequent blinking. 150 Cf. Anantakumāra 24, prose between 55–56; Mādhavanidāna 59.92; the Madhukośa quotes Cakṣuṣyeṇa's description of this disease. 151 N.K. Bidyādhar (1939: 557): blood molluscums. Singhal c.s.: warts. 152 Cf. Mādhavanidāna 59.93; the Madhukośa quotes Videha's description of this disease. 153 N.K. Bidyādhar (1939: 557): papillary conjunctivitis. N. Saxena (1995: 128) and Singhal c.s.: chalazion. J. Hirschberg (1899: 44) took 3.27 and 28 together and regarded these verses as a description of anthrax of the eyelids (pustula maligna). 154 Cf. Mādhavanidāna 59.94; the Madhukośa quotes Sātyaki's description of this disease. 155 N.K. Bidyādhar (1939: 557) and N. Saxena (1995: 128): eczematous conjunctivitis; Singhal c.s.: ulcerative conjunctivitis. 156 Cf. Mādhavanidāna 59.95; the Madhukośa quotes Sātyaki's description of this disease. 157 N.K. Bidyādhar (1939: 557): trichiasis. A.A.M. Esser (1934a: 806): entropion. J. Hirschberg (1899: 44–45): trichiasis. Singhal c.s.: trichiasis, entropion. This disorder is described as muṭamayir in Siddha medical texts, for example the Nākamuṇinayaṇaviti (see P.A. Iqbal, 1983: 456–457). 158 Daḷhaṇa remarks that pakṣmakopa is also called upapakṣmamālā, commonly known as parivāla. Upapakṣmamālā is a term employed at Su.U.16.8. Cf. Mādhavanidāna 59.97–98 and the Madhukośa; Mādhava's description differs from that found in the Suśrutasaṃhitā. 159 N.K. Bidyādhar (1939: 558): pterygium crassum of Fuchs. N. Chevers (1866: 463) remarks that pterygium, in every one of its forms, is very common among Indians. A.A.M. Esser (1934a), (1938: 266): this disease suggests sclerectasia and staphyloma. Singhal c.s.: pterygium. Cf. Mādhavanidāna 59.65ab. 160 Compare Mādhavanidāna 59.65ab and the Madhukośa; Mādhava differs from Suśruta. 161 N.K. Bidyādhar (1939: 558): white pterygium. A.A.M. Esser (1934), (1938: 266): a pterygium may be meant. Singhal c.s.: pinguecula. 162 Compare the description at Mādhavanidāna 59.65cd; see the Madhukośa. 163 N.K. Bidyādhar (1939: 558): pterygium vasculosum of Fuchs. Singhal c.s.: progressive pterygium. 164 Compare the description at Mādhavanidāna 59.66a (raktārman). 165 N.K. Bidyādhar (1939: 558): pterygium carnosum of Fuchs. Singhal c.s.: papilloma. 166 Compare the description at Mādhavanidāna 59.66b. 167 N.K. Bidyādhar (1939: 558): pterygium tenue membranaceum of Fuchs. Singhal c.s.: tumor of the coniunctiva. 168 Compare the description at Mādhavanidāna 59.66cd and the quotation from Nimi in the Madhukośa. 169 N.K. Bidyādhar (1939: 558): pinguecula. Singhal c.s.: xerosis. 170 Cf. Mādhavanidāna 59.67ab. 171 N.K. Bidyādhar (1939: 558): a blood-red raised speck on the sclera. Singhal c.s.: subconjunctival haemorrhage or heamangioma. 172 Cf. Mādhavanidāna 59.67cd. 173 Singhal c.s.: lymphangioma; N.K. Bidyādhar (1939: 558): a grayish-looking fleshy spot on the sclera. Singhal c.s.: lymphangioma.