A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c33.482

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485 Viṣama is anything uneven; applied to fevers, it means intermittent or remittent. 486 Daḷhaṇa explains that doṣa refers in this case to one, two or three doṣas. 487 These fevers are the reversed types of anyeduṣka, tṛtīyaka and caturthaka; a reversed type of satata does not occur (see Daḷhaṇa’s comments). The Carakasaṃhitā is only acquainted with the reversed quartan fever (Ci.3.73). Compare the Madhukośa ad Mādhavanidāna 2. 39. 488 Cf. Su.U.39.68cd; Ca.Ci.3.293ab. 489 Cf. Ca.Ci.3.71–72. 490 Ch. Chakraberty (1923: 206) is of the opinion that the Terai is meant, a swampy region at the foot of the Himālayas. 491 See for a description of vātabalāsaka: A.s.Ni.2.96cd–97ab. Compare Daḷhaṇa’s comments ad U.39.57–58. Vātabalāsaka is mentioned in the Carakasaṃhitā at Ci.1³.35; it is a synonym of vātaśoṇita at Ca.Ci.29.11. Ch. Chakraberty (1923: 207) identifies this fever as influenza. 492 Cf. Ca.Ci.3.68–70. 493 Cf. Ca.Ci.3.61cd–66. 494 Cf. Su.U.39.56. 495 Cf. Ca.Ci.3.53cd–60ab. 496 Cf. Ca.Ci.3.61cd–67. 497 Cf. Ca.Ci.3.111cd–114ab. 498 Cf. Ca.Ci.3.117 and 124ab. 499 Cf. Ca.Ci.3.117 (and Cakra’s comments). See Daḷhaṇa’s comments and Su.U.39.42. Compare the disorder called tiṇapupphaka, mentioned in the Milindapañha (see Jyotir Mitra, 1985: 248–249). The fever provoked by the smell of herbs may include favism, a serious syndrome caused in susceptible persons by the pollen of the flowers of certain species of bean plants (Vicia), as well as by the beans produced by these plants; see on this subject: P.F. Burke (1996): 2260–2266. 500 Cf. Ca.Ci.3.114cd–128ab. 501 See Daḷhaṇa’s remarks. 502 Cf. Ca.Ci.3.115cd–116ab. 503 Cf. Ca.Ci.3.76–83. 504 Compare the antarvega fever of the Carakasaṃhitā (Ci.3.39cd–40). 505 Cf. Ca.Ci.3.50cd–53ab. 506 Cf. Ca.Ci.3.139cd–142ab and 146cd–147ab. 507 Cf. Ca.Ci.3.143cd–145ab. 508 Cf. Ca.Ci.3.144–146ab. 509 Cf. Ca.Ci.3.149cd–155ab. 510 Cf. Ca.Ci.3.160cd–163ab. 511 This verse is ignored by Daḷhaṇa. 512 Cf. Ca.Ci.3.134–136ab. 513 Cf. Su.U.160cd–161ab. 514 Cf. Ca.Ci.3.147cd–149ab. 515 Cf. Ca.Ci.3.149cd–160ab, 163cd–168ab, 178–195ab. 516 Cf. Ca.Ci.3.195cd–196ab. 517 Cf. Ca.Ci.3.330–332. 518 Cf. Ca.Ci.3.260–266.