Srinivas C
Department of ophthalmology, Govt. Nizamia General Hospital, Hyderabad.
Bull Indian Inst Hist Med Hyderabad. 1993 Jul;23(2):101-11.
Sushruta classified and mentioned visual disorders in his classical text of 'Sushruta Samhita' under 76 eye diseases and also classified structural and treatment wise. Many authorities of the subject have praised Sushruta in their works and regarded him as a pioneer of ophthalmology. The saying 'nayanam pradhanam' shows that, without it there is no correspondence with external world. Sushruta showed a special interest in 'Drushtigata Rogas' and described thirteen such diseases. The visual disorders described in ancient Indian medical science by Sushruta are enlightened and presented in this paper analytically, diagramatically with the help of modern ophthalmology.
苏什鲁塔在其经典著作《苏什鲁塔本集》中对视觉障碍进行了分类和阐述，涵盖76种眼部疾病，同时还从结构和治疗方面进行了分类。该学科的许多权威人士在其著作中赞扬了苏什鲁塔，并视他为眼科先驱。“眼睛是首要的”这一说法表明，没有眼睛就无法与外部世界交流。苏什鲁塔对“视觉性疾病”表现出特别的兴趣，并描述了其中的13种疾病。本文借助现代眼科学，对苏什鲁塔在古印度医学中所描述的视觉障碍进行了分析和图示说明。
