A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c42.s22.14

v3.c42.s22.14

63). 157 One chapter is concerned with the therapy of visarpa and visphoṭa (52), whereas the Mādhavanidāna devotes two chapters to these diseases. 158 One chapter deals with all kinds of vraṇa (ulcers and wounds; 43). 159 The chapters on kaumārabhr̥tya are arranged differently from those in the Nidāna; their order is strīroga (61), pradara (62), somaroga (63), strīroga again (64), and garbharakṣā (65), 160 whereas the Nidāna has asṛgdara (= pradara), yonivyāpad (a composite group, comprising menstrual disorders, diseases of the vagina, and functional disorders of psychogenic origin), yonikanda, mūḍhagarbha (disturbances of pregnancy and malposition of the foetus), sūtikāroga (puerperal diseases), stanaroga (diseases of the breasts), and stanyaduṣṭi (disorders of the breastmilk). 161