Medico - historical study of "Visŭcikă" (Cholera).

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dc.contributor.authorPrasad, P V Ven_US
dc.date.accessioned2005-01-06en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-27T04:07:59Z
dc.date.available2005-01-06en_US
dc.date.available2009-05-27T04:07:59Z
dc.date.issued2005-01-06en_US
dc.description.abstractThe Sanskrit word Visŭcikă refers to a condition in which vitiated văta dŏşa causes pain like pricking with a needle over the body. It occurs in a person suffering with ajĭrna (indigestion) and its detailed description is available in Ayurvedic literature. This disease has its existence in India since ancient times; it has also been referred in Mahăhărata and Tripitikas. Its etiology, signs, symptoms, complications, prognosis and treatment etc. as described in Ayurveda may be correlated with the disease Cholera, which is commonly known as "Haiza" in Hindi. In Greek language, the word Cholera means a flow of bile or the bilious disease. Cholera is an acute infectious diarrheal disease, caused by comma bacillus or vibrio cholerae sero groups 01 or 0139. Aretaetus, Benjamin Rush, Chadwick, John Snow, Robert Koch, etc. were some of the pioneers in Cholera research. Medico- historical importance of Cholera, its transmission, description and references from Ayurvedic texts etc., are being presented in this article.en_US
dc.description.affiliationIndian Institute of History of Medicine, Osmania Medical College Building, Putlibowli, Hyderabad-500 095.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPrasad PV. Medico - historical study of "Visŭcikă" (Cholera). Bulletin of the Indian Institute of History of Medicine (Hyderabad). 2005 Jan-Jun; 35(1): 1-20en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/1774
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.subject.meshCholera --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshHistory, 15th Centuryen_US
dc.subject.meshHistory, 16th Centuryen_US
dc.subject.meshHistory, 17th Centuryen_US
dc.subject.meshHistory, 18th Centuryen_US
dc.subject.meshHistory, 19th Centuryen_US
dc.subject.meshHistory, 20th Centuryen_US
dc.subject.meshHistory, 21st Centuryen_US
dc.subject.meshHistory, Ancienten_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshIndiaen_US
dc.subject.meshLiterature --historyen_US
dc.subject.meshMedicine in Literatureen_US
dc.subject.meshMedicine, Ayurvedic --historyen_US
dc.titleMedico - historical study of "Visŭcikă" (Cholera).en_US
dc.typeHistorical Articleen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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