[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Hindu Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948) › c8.196 # Hindu Medicine c8.196 Hindu Medicine c8.196 - **Language:** English ### [c8.196](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.196) The medical man in modern times, just as in ancient India or elsewhere, if left alone, cannot help being conservative with respect to traditional learning. In his daily routine the practitioner relentlessly and continually faces an enormous responsibility; he experiences again and again the failure of well-established treatments, as well as unexpected recoveries in seemingly hopeless cases. The many risks his practice entails every day caution him against hazardous innovations. The life of his patient is at stake, as well as his own reputation, and his professional conscience is apt to voice traditionalism. - [Previous: c8.195](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.195) - [Next: c8.197](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.197) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.196](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c8.196) · Pramāṇa