CHAPTER VI.
Now we shall discourse on the chapter which deals with the (symptoms and) pathology of the diseases affecting the eye as a whole (Sarva-gata-Roga-Vijnániya). 1.
Names and causes:—The four types of Abhishyandha (Ophthalmatis), the four types of Adhimantha, the two forms of Akshi-páka (suppuration of the eye) attended with or without swelling, these ten, as well as Hatádhimantha, Anila-Parjáya, Śuskákshipáka, Anyato-váta, Amládhyushita, Drishti, Śirotpáta and Śirá-Harsha are the names of the (seventeen kinds of) diseases which affect the eye as a whole. Nearly all these forms of eye-diseases may result from the Abhishyanda (Ophthalmitis). Hence a wise physician shall try speedily to remedy a case of Abhishyanda (Ophthalmitis) as soon as it is found out. 2.
Specific symptoms of Abhishyanda:—The symptoms which mark a case of Abhishyanda due to the action of the deranged Váyu are pricking pain (in the eyes), numbness, horripilation and irritation in the eyes, roughness and parchedness of the organ, cold lachrymations and headache. A case of Pittaja-Abhishyanda exhibits the following features, viz., burning and inflammatory suppuration of the eyes, longing for coldness (in the eyes), excessive hot lachrymations, cloudy vision and a yellowness of the eye. In the Kaphaja type of the disease, the affected organ longs for the contact of warm articles and is attended with a heaviness, itching sensation, swelling, excessive whiteness and a constant deposit and discharge of slimy mucus. The special type of this disease which has
