A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.s28.34

v3.c43.s28.34

Of some interest with regard to medicine are two parts of chapter eleven which deal with procedures bringing about disease in adversaries (among the disorders mentioned are lūtā, a type of ulcer, galatkuṣṭha, a form of leprosy, and pādasamkoca, a contracture of the feet), and one section of chapter nineteen which describes signs of impending death (mṛtyulakṣaṇajñāna).