A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c44.s44.t2: Special features
A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c44.s44.t2
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Special features
v3.c44.s44.t2.1
The chapter on fevers mentions a dāhajvara separately (1.24–27). 152 Chapter two contains recipes against śothātisāra (2.12) and chardyatisāra (2.13). The only type of mūtrāghāta referred to in chapter three is uṣṇavāta (3.43). Chapter four mentions a small number of kṣudrarogas (4.35–36); it contains a formula against amenorrhoea (puṣparodha).
v3.c44.s44.t2.2
Some diseases are absent: visarpa, śūkadoṣa, yonivyāpad, and yonikanda; vardhma, śītalā, and phiraṅga are neither referred to.
v3.c44.s44.t2.3
The *Vaidyahṛdayānanda* mentions a nose-ornament (nāsābhūṣāmaṇi); P.K. Gode regarded it as the nose-stud, which, in his opinion, is a typical ornament of South Indian ladies, as contrasted with the elaborate nath of the ladies of Mahārāṣṭra; he concluded that the author hailed from South India. 153 D.C. Sircar objected to this view, asserting that nose-studs are popular among all classes of women in Eastern India. 154