Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c8.60

c8.60

Not only amusements, but professions and occupations also came within the purview of state control. The medical profession is a case in point. Physicians must report all cases of grave illness to the Government. If death occurred in an unreported case, the physician was punished with the first amercement. If, in any case, death was due to his carelessness, he received the middlemost amercement; while positive neglect or indifference was treated as assault or violence.²