A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c35.48

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520 Gingivitis according to K.R. Srikantha Murthy. Cf. Su.Ni.16.16. 521 A paradental abscess (A. Vogel-Brauer, 1964: 136). Mentioned at Ca.Ci.12.78cd. This disease resembles Suśruta's dantaveṣṭa, which arises from blood (Ni.16.17). 522 A small sinus ulcer according to K.R. Srikantha Murthy. Cf. Su.Ni.16.18 (śauṣira, due to kapha and blood). Śauṣirya is found at Ca.Ci.26.212. 523 Multiple and deep sinus ulcers according to K.R. Srikantha Murthy. Cf. Su.Ni.16.19–20ab. 524 Inflammatory oedema of the last molar tooth according to K.R. Srikantha Murthy. Cf. Su.Ni.16.25cd–26ab. 525 Traumatic oedema according to K.R. Srikantha Murthy. Cf. Su.Ni.16.23cd–24ab (vaidarbha). 526 Cf. Su.Ni.16.26cd (dantamūlanāḍī). 527 Cf. Su.Ni.16.37 (the three types of jihvākaṇṭaka). 528 Cf. Su.Ni.16.38 (alāsa, due to kapha and blood). 529 Cf. Ca.Ci.12.77 (adhijihvikā); Su.Sū.24.9 and Ni.16.52 (due to kapha and blood). 530 Cf. Ca.Sū.18.19 and Ci.12.77 (upajihvikā); Su.Sū.24.9 and Ni.16.39 (due to kapha and blood). 531 Not described in Caraka- and Suśrutasaṃhitā. 532 Enlargement of the uvula according to K.R. Srikantha Murthy. Cf. Su.Sū.24.9 and Ni.16.41. Mentioned several times in the Carakasamhitā. 533 Cf. Su.Ni.16.44ab (called māṃsasaṃghāta; it is caused by kapha). 534 Cf. Su.Ni.16.43cd. 535 Cf. Su.Ni.16.43ab. 536 Cf. Su.Ni.16.44cd. 537 Cf. Su.Ni.16.45cd. 538 Cf. Su.Ni.16.45ab. Mentioned at Ca.Ci.26.203. 539 Diphtheria according to K.R. Srikantha Murthy. Cf. Ca.Sū.18.34–35; Su.Ni.16.47. 540 Cf. Su.Ni.16.48. 541 Cf. Su.Ni.16.49ab. 542 Cf. Su.Ni.16.49cd. 543 Cf. Su.Ni.16.50cd. 544 Cf. Su.Ni.16.50ab. 545 Epiglottitis according to K.R. Srikantha Murthy. Cf. Ca.Sū.28.14 and Ci.12.75; Su.Ni.16.51. 546 A small tumour according to K.R. Srikantha Murthy. Cf. Su.Ni.16.56. 547 Interpreted as tonsillitis by K.R. Srikantha Murthy. Cf. Su.Ni.16.42ab. 548 Interpreted as pharyngitis and laryngitis by K.R. Srikantha Murthy. Cf. Su.Ni.16.60. 549 A sore throat according to K.R. Srikantha Murthy. Cf. Su.Ni.16.53. Possibly related to Caraka's bidālikā (see Cakra ad Ca.Ci.12.76). 550 A tonsillar abscess according to K.R. Srikantha Murthy. Cf. Su.Ni.16.58 (due to kapha and blood). 551 A malignant tumour according to K.R. Srikantha Murthy. Cf. Su.Ni.16.57 (due to all three doṣas). 552 A peritonsillar abscess according to K.R. Srikantha Murthy. Cf. Su.Ni.16.59 (due to all three doṣas). 553 Cancer of the throat according to K.R. Srikantha Murthy. Not described in Su.Ni.16. 554 Goitre according to K.R. Srikantha Murthy. Cf. Ca.Sū.18.21, Ci.12.79 and 21.139–140; Su.Ni.11.22.