A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c57.574

v4.c57.574

109 Mercury is applied externally only (7.13: rasendra; the term rasottama, used at 44.55, may designate mercury). P. Rãy (1956: 109 and 309–310) claims that Vṛnda mentions two preparations containing sulphides of mercury (parpaṭītāmra and rasāmṛtacūrṇa); Rãy's references could not be verified. The killing (māraṇa) of iron was known to Vṛnda (5.90–97). See on recipes containing inorganic substances: special features of Cakrapāṇi's *Cikitsāsaṃgraha*.