Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c18.3

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c18.3

In fact, the pseudo-science of Galen (second century A.D.) continued long to be an incubus upon medical theory and practice in Europe. Absurd formulæ held the ground in the Christian pharmacopœas of continental Europe down to comparatively modern times. And the age of talismans, amulets, the fetish of royal touch, etc., is yet fresh in human memory. Really scientific medicine is very recent.²⁰

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