A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c33.458

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174 Compare the description at Mādhavanidāna 59.68. 175 N.K. Bidyādhar (1939: 558): vascularization on the sclera, scleritis. Singhal c.s.: haemangioma. 176 Cf. Mādhavanidāna 59.69ab. 177 N.K. Bidyādhar (1939: 558): phlyctenule covered with vascularization. Singhal c.s.: phlyctenular or limbal nodule. 178 Cf. Mādhavanidāna 59.69cd. 179 N.K. Bidyādhar (1939: 558): a speck of the colour of bell-metal, covered with vessels. J. Jolly (1901): 113: Bindehautcyste (cyst of the conjunctiva)? Singhal c.s.: conjunctival cyst. 180 Compare Mādhavanidāna 59.69ef. See Daḷhaṇa's comments and the Madhukośa. 181 N.K. Bidyādhar (1939: 558): ulcerative keratitis. A.A.M. Esser (1934a: 806 and 1938: 266): corneal ulcer. Singhal c.s.: corneal ulcer. N. Chevers (1866: 465) noticed the great prevalence of ulceration of the cornea in Bengal. 182 Cf. Mādhavanidāna 59.22–23. See Daḷhaṇa's comments and the Madhukośa. 183 N.K. Bidyādhar (1939: 558): plastic keratitis. R.C. Choudhury and P.J. Deshpande (1969): corneal opacity and interstitial keratitis. A.A.M. Esser (1934a: 806): corneal ulcer. Singhal c.s.: corneal opacity. 184 Cf. Mādhavanidāna 59.24–26; see the Madhukośa. 185 N.K. Bidyādhar (1939: 558): hypopyon. Singhal c.s.: keratitis. Compare A.A.M. Esser (1934a): 806. 186 Cf. Mādhavanidāna 59.27. 187 N.K. Bidyādhar (1939: 558): a sarcomatous growth invading the cornea. A.A.M. Esser (1934a: 806): prolapse of the iris. J. Jolly (1901): 113: prolapsus iridis. Singhal c.s.: prolapse of the iris or anterior staphyloma. 188 Cf. Mādhavanidāna 59.28; the Madhukośa quotes Videha's description of this disease. 189 N.K. Bidyādhar (1939: 559): ophthalmia. A.A.M. Esser (1934a: 806, 1938: 265): conjunctivitis. P. Ray c.s. (1980: 257): ophthalmia or ophthalmitis. See the criticisms of R. Desāī (1982: 533), who objects against equating abhiṣyanda and conjunctivitis. 190 Singhal c.s.: subacute catarrhal conjunctivitis. 191 Singhal c.s.: acute catarrhal conjunctivitis. 192 Singhal c.s.: purulent conjunctivitis. 193 Singhal c.s.: acute mucopurulent conjunctivitis. 194 Cf. Mādhavanidāna 59.5–8. 195 N.K. Bidyādhar (1939: 559): uveitis. P. Ray c.s. (1980: 258): migraine caused by eye troubles. 196 Cf. Mādhavanidāna 59.9. 197 Cf. Mādhavanidāna 59.10. 198 Singhal c.s.: acute congestive glaucoma. 199 Singhal c.s.: secondary glaucoma. 200 Singhal c.s.: chronic glaucoma. 201 Singhal c.s.: haemorrhagic glaucoma. 202 These verses are absent from the Mādhavanidāna, where they are replaced by the characteristics of the sāma and nirāma types of adhimantha. See on glaucoma in India: R.H. Elliot (1920): 367–373. See on the āyurvedic treatment of glaucoma: B. Anand (1998).