A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c44.s31.2

v3.c44.s31.2

The work, consisting of 439 verses, deals, after some introductory stanzas (1–7), with the vessels of the body (śirāprakaraṇa; 8–16), the doṣas (16–51), the origin of fevers (jvarotpattiprakaraṇa; 52–121), the different kinds of fever (122–156)⁸² and their therapy (157–224), clysters (bastikarmādhikāra; 225–369), substances which are salutary or insalutary in fevers (pathyāpathyādhikāra; 370–389), the saṃnipāta fevers (390–431), and the offering called pūrṇāhuti⁸³ (432–439).⁸⁴