Nidānasthāna · The Diagnosis of Surgical Disease
From The Suśruta Saṃhitā, taught by Acharya T Krishnatrey. This lesson is free to read.
<pre data-block="objectives">Understand nidāna — the science of diagnosis, Suśruta's second book Learn the classical five-fold method of diagnosis (pañca-nidāna)</pre> <pre data-block="statement">Knowing the disease before the knife | The Nidānasthāna — the SECOND of Suśruta's six books — is the science of DIAGNOSIS. It sets out the causes, signs and course of the major surgical diseases (aśmarī / urinary stones, arśas / piles, bhagandara / fistula, vraṇa / ulcers, vidradhi / abscess, bhagna / fractures, and more). The surgeon must know exactly what he treats before he acts.</pre>