Commentary on the Hindu system of medicine / by T.A. Wise.

  • Thomas Alexander Wise
Date:
1845
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    affected, and if not very deep the person can see the moon, star, and lightning. When air is much increased the patient sees every object red ; and when vle is affected, he can see the sun, the rainbow, and lightning. In other cases every thing appears black, variegated, and like the feather of a peacock. When affected by phlegm every object appears as if covered with oil and white. When the three humors are deranged, every thing appears spotted as of a mixture of different colours. When blood is deranged every object appears red and dark. In Lingandsa the colour is made of six different tints. When the eye is affected with deranged dzle it is called Pittadi- dagdha dristi, which is characterized by the yellowness, and images appearing yellow. If it affects the third membrane he cannot see | during the day, but can see at night. When phlegm is affected it is called Sleshmabidagdha dristé which is characterized by the white appearance, and every thing seems white. When deranged in the three membranes of the eye it is called Nyctalopia, or night blindness. He can see during the day. Grief, fever, vexation, severe diseases of the head, cause this disease of the eye, in which every object appears enveloped in smoke ; hence it is called Samadarsher. In other cases the person cannot see small objects during the day, but sees every thing at night. This is called Rasajdta. When air, bile, and phlegm are deranged, and produce a change in the iris like the mungoose eye (which is very red) every thing appears of a mottled appearance during the day. It is named Naku- ldndha. Gambiraké. When air is deranged it produces the disease in which the pupil of the eye is contracted, and it diminishes the size of the eye, and is accompanied with great pain. Innganisa is of two kinds. The first is called Sanimita and the second Animita: the first is produced by inflammation of the eye, and the second by the sight of holy sages, by regarding a kind of large snake (Maharaza), or luminous objects by which vision is — destroyed. The eye in this disease does not lose its natural appearance. Abigdta hatadristi is produced by accidents or injuries to the eye, by which the person cannot see ; the organ becomes red like coral, and severe pain is felt as if a person was tearing the eye out. 4. Diseases of the white part of the Kye. Prastértjarma. In this disease there is a thin red or dark- coloured membrane covering the white part of the eye. Sukldrma. The enlargements in this disease are white and soft, and it advances slowly.
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