Hindu Medicine c7.213

c7.213

Brahmins should study medicine, not to make it their profession, nor to gain a living, but in order to be able to alleviate the sufferings of all creatures. Members of the feudal aristocracy (kṣattriya) should take it up in the interest of self-preservation; while the third class (vaiśya), townsfolk living by trade and skilled labor, are to learn and practice it to earn a living.