The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c4.12

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Under these conditions, it appears that, first of all, it must be deeply studied. The interest in its study is, therefore, not simply retrospective, as if it were a mere historical fact without any importance for the present, like the medicine of Greek or Egyptian or Mesopotamian antiquity. It is also, and above all, practical as it has a social presence, which cannot be overlooked.