A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c34.30

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437 Cf. Su.Sū.11.3. 438 Cf. Su.Sū.11.7–8. 439 Cf. Su.Sū.11.9 and 28–30. 440 Cf. Su.Sū.11.11. 441 Cf. Su.Sū.11.12–13. 442 Cf. Su.Sū.11.14–15. The Hṛdaya is more specific than the Suśrutasaṃhitā. 443 Cf. Su.Sū.11.16. Suśruta enumerates ten qualities. The Hṛdaya adds śikharin (remaining for a long time at the site of application) and sukhanirvāpya (easily cooling down). See the commentaries on these terms. The eight defects (doṣa) of a caustic, mentioned by Suśruta (Sū.11.17) are absent from the Hṛdaya. 444 Cf. Su.Sū.11.18. 445 Cf. Su.Sū.11.19–22ab. 446 Cf. Su.Sū.11.26. 447 Cf. Su.Sū.11.22cd–25. 448 Cf. Su.Sū.11.31. 449 Cf. Su.Sū.12.3. 450 Cf. Su.Sū.12.4 and 10. 451 Cf. Su.Sū.12.14. 452 Cf. Su.Sū.12.13. 453 Cf. Su.Sū.12.8. 454 This is the pluṣṭa type of Suśruta (a burn of the first degree). 455 Samyagdagdha (proper burning) has already been described (Sū.30.45cd–46ab). Cf. Su.Sū.12.16. 456 Cf. Su.Sū.12.20–27ab. 457 Cf. Su.Sū.12.29ab. 458 The intoxication by smoke (dhūmopahata) and some other subjects, dealt with in Su.Sū.12, are omitted in the Hṛdaya.