The older writers on India fancied that the Hindoo system of medicine was of enormous antiquity, and that the principles of Galenical medical science were ultimately derived from India.
"Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official"
William Sleeman
Or a compleat Herball, Containing the Summe of Ancient and Moderne Authors, both Galenical and Chymical, touching Trees, Shrubs, Plants, Fruits, Flowers, etc.
"The Old English Herbals"
Eleanour Sinclair Rohde