A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c33.459

v2.c33.459

204 N.K. Bidyādhar (1939: 561): sympathetic ophthalmia with swelling. Singhal c.s.: panophthalmitis. 205 N.K. Bidyādhar (1939: 561): plastic endophthalmitis. Singhal c.s.: non-inflammatory atrophy of the eye. 206 Cf. Mādhavanidāna 59.14. 207 N.K. Bidyādhar (1939: 560): atrophy of the optic nerve. Singhal c.s.: atrophy of the eye after acute congestive glaucoma. 208 Cf. Mādhavanidāna 59.15; the Madhukośa quotes Videha's description of this disease. 209 Absent from the Mādhavanidāna. See the comments of Dalhaṇa and those of Śrīkaṇṭhadatta ad Mādhavanidāna 59.15. 210 Painful eyes, eyelids and brows. N.K. Bidyādhar (1939: 560): neuroparalysis of the eyelid. 211 The Mādhavanidāna (59.16) has a different verse. 212 N.K. Bidyādhar (1939: 560): phthisis bulbi, plastic endophthalmitis. Singhal c.s: xerophthalmia. 213 Cf. Mādhavanidāna 59.17; the Madhukośa quotes Karāla's description of this disease. 214 N.K. Bidyādhar (1939: 560): an ocular disease of neural origin. Singhal c.s.: referred pain in the eye. 215 Cf. Mādhavanidāna 59.18; the Madhukośa quotes Videha's description of this disease. 216 N.K. Bidyādhar (1939: 560): iritis, inflammation with chemosis of the iris as well as other adjacent structures. J. Jolly (1901): iritis. Singhal c.s.: chemosis. Cf. Mādhavanidāna 59.19. 217 The Mādhavanidāna (59.19) has a different verse. 218 N.K. Bidyādhar (1939: 560): pannus. Singhal c.s: episcleritis. See on the history of pannus: M. Meyerhof (1927); E. Savage-Smith (1985). 219 Cf. Mādhavanidāna 59.20. 220 N.K. Bidyādhar (1939: 560): higher grade pannus. Singhal c.s.: allergic hyperaemia of the eyeball. 221 Cf. Mādhavanidāna 59.21. 222 Cf. Mādhavanidāna 59.29. 223 Cf. Mādhavanidāna 59.30–33ab. 224 N.K. Bidyādhar (1939: 561): retinitis. Singhal c.s.: ametropia. The disorders of refraction (hypermetropia, myopia, presbyopia) are not clearly described in āyurvedic texts. Spectacles (known in late Sanskrit as upalocanagolaka and upanetra), unknown in ancient India, were introduced by the Portuguese according to P.K. Gode (1947g); R.K. Agarwal (1971) claims that they were invented in India. See on timira: R.P. Gupta, M.L. Kapoor and N.K. Bansal (1975). Cf. Bhela Sū.26.1 and 9; Ca.Sū.20.11: a vāta disorder. 225 Cf. Mādhavanidāna 59.33cd–37. 226 Bhishagratna: blindness. P. Ray c.s. (1980): 284: loss of vision. Singhal c.s.: cataract. 227 Dalhaṇa (ad Su.U.7.25–26ab and 26cd) explains that timira, when it reaches the third paṭala and assumes a particular colour (rāga), is called kāca. Siddha medicine distinguishes, according to its colour, eight varieties of kāca (= timira) (see P.A. Iqbal, 1983: 453). A.A.M. Esser (1938: 266) interprets nīlikā as a senile cataract. 228 Cf. Mādhavanidāna 59.38cd–41ab. See on disorders affecting the paṭalas: C. Srinivas (1993). 229 N.K. Bidyādhar (1939: 561): cataract. 230 Cf. Su.U.7.18cd–24 and Mādhavanidāna 59.41cd–46.