CHAPTER II.
ANCIENT WRITERS ON HINDOO MEDICINE.
AS has been stated in the preceding chapter, the Hindoos believe that, like all their other sciences, the science of Medicine has been revealed to them. Yajur Veda, Chapter V., speaks of God as "Prathamo Daivyo bhishak," i.e., the "first Divine Physician," "who drives away all diseases." Another Vedic verse addresses Him as "Bhishaktamam tva bhishajam shrnnomi"[1] which means, " I hear Thou art the best among physicians." Elsewhere He is styled "the depositary of all sciences, and physician for all worldly ills." Brahma, or the first member of the Hindoo triad, was the first to propound the Healing Art. He composed the Ayur Veda, consisting of one hundred sections (adhyayas) of one hundred stanzas (shlokas) each. This sacred medical work treats of the subject of life, describes
- ↑ Rig Veda, ii. 7, 16.
