A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c42.s22.7

v3.c42.s22.7

The scheme of chapters one to sixty-seven does not fully agree with that of the Mādhavanidāna. The Mādhavacikitsā has separate chapters on pravāhikā (irritation of the large intestine, including the bacillary dysenteries; 3), ¹⁵¹ bhūtonmāda (insanity caused by supernatural beings; 19), ¹⁵² gṛdhrasī (sciatica; 22), ¹⁵³ plīhan (splenomegaly; 36), ¹⁵⁴ śophodara (37), ¹⁵⁵ snāyuka (dracontiasis, i.e., the Guinea worm disease; 53), ¹⁵⁶ and somaroga or mūtrātīsāra (a polyuria occurring in women;