Medicine & Surgery
Description of angina (hritshoola)
c. 6th c. BCESushruta traditionSushruta SamhitaPan-Indian / unspecified
600 BCE
Described chest pain (hritshoola) consistent with angina pectoris.
- Dated
- 600–501 BCE
- As scholars put it
- c. 6th c. BCE
- Originator
- Sushruta tradition
- Source text
- Sushruta Samhita
- Region
- Pan-Indian / unspecified
- Discipline
- Medicine & Surgery
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- Medium
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Meanwhile in the West
Western clinical naming of angina came far later.
Fair to say
A symptom description, not modern cardiology.
Path to modern innovation
Angina is a key cardiac symptom today.
Transmission
Ancient clinical observation.
Primary sources
- 3An English translation of the Sushruta samhita, based on original Sanskrit text. Edited and published by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna. With a full and comprehensive introd., translation of different readings, notes, comperative views, index, glossary and platesUnreviewed
- 4Sushruta SamhitaUnreviewed
References
- 1Dwivedi & Dwivedi (2007)
Further reading
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