[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v2.c4.s3.196 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s3.196 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s3.196 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s3.196](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3.196) There is some evidence in the Rigveda¹⁸ that the practice of medicine was already a profession; this is supported by the inclusion of a physician in the list of victims at the Puruṣamedha (‘human sacrifice’) in the Yajurveda.¹⁹ According to Bloomfield,²⁰ a hymn of the Atharvaveda²¹ contains a physician’s deprecation of the use of home-made remedies instead of reliance on his professional training. - [Previous: v2.c4.s3.195](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3.195) - [Next: v2.c4.s3.197](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3.197) - [Up: v2.c4.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3.196](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s3.196) · Pramāṇa