The ancient Greeks gifted India numerous things, including architecture, sculpture, coins, amazing food, and the Greek language and script. However, one of the greatest gifts was the ancient Greek art of medicine, or "unani" as Indians refer to it.
The term "unani" is an alteration of the word "Ionian" since it was Ionian Greeks are the first Greeks to come into contact with Indians.
The Hellenised King of North India 1st century BC patronized traditional Indian medicine experts such as Charnak and Sushruta who are still considered amongst the greatest scholars of the ancient school of medicine.
Recently in Madurai, India the dean of the Madurai Medical College was removed after students took an Indian ancient medical oath instead of the Hippocratic Oath which was customary.
Recently, the National Medical Commission of India brought back the Indian oath.
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