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14 THE SUSHRUTA SAMillTA. [Chap. I.
eyes arc distorted into a variety of shapes. The portions
of the neck and the chin, as well as the teeth on the
affected side become painful.
Premonitory Symptoms :—The disease
generally commences with .shi\ urin'^^, horripilation,
cloudiness of visicMi, iipcoursing of the bodily Vdyu and
an.nesthesia, a pricking pain in the affected locality,
numbness or paralysis of the jaw-bone, or of the cervical
muscles of the neck, Ph)sicians, conversant with the
i^tiology of diseases, call it Arditam (Facial paralysis).
Prognosis :
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A case of Arditam, appearing in an ex-
tremely enfeebled or emaciated patient, or exhibiting
such symptoms as a winkless vision, inarticulate speech
which hardly seems to come out of the throat, excessive
palsy of the face, as well as the one of more than three
years' standing, should be deemed as incurable. 58.
Gridhras'i (Sciatica):—The disease in which the
two great nerve-trunks (Kandara), which emanating from
below the lower extremity of the thigh reach down to
the bottom of the insteps and toes, and become stuffed or
pressed with the enraged Vayu, thus depriving the lower
extremities of their power of locomotion, is called
Gridhras'i. 59.
ViS'vachi (Erbe's paralysis or Bracial neuralgia):
The disease in which the enraged Vayu affecting the
nerve-trunks (Kandara) which run to the tips of fingers
from behind the roots of the upper arms, making them
incapable of movement and depriving them of their
power of flexion or expansion is called Vis'vachi* 60.
KrOShtukas'irsha (Synovitis of the kneejoints):—An
extrimely painful swelling in the knee-
* When the aforesaid nerve of a sirgle arm is aflecld the disease is
restricted to it alone, while it attacks the both when both their nerves are
affected.
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