A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c46.1424

v3.c46.1424

Chapters one to three are concerned with (1) omina relating to the messenger, etc. (dūtalakṣaṇādi), (2) groups of drugs (dravyagaṇa), and (3) diet (annapānavidhi). Chapters four to ten deal with (4) treatment of pregnant women, (5) children's diseases, and (6-10) diseases of the head, eyes, ears, nose and mouth. Chapters eleven to forty-one are about the remaining diseases, arranged in an order that is peculiar to this treatise. Chapter forty-two is about treatment in general, chapter forty-three about pañcakarman, and chapter forty-four about sudation (sveda). The last four chapters are concerned with surgery, toxicology, antidotes, rasāyana and vājīkaraṇa.