Suśruta
600 BCE – 500 BCE · aged 100
Ancient Indian physician, father of surgery
- Born
- 600 BCE · Varanasi
- Died
- 500 BCE
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- 600 BCEBornBorn in Varanasi
- 500 BCEDiedDied
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- 509 BCE – 27 BCERoman Republic
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Suśruta (Sanskrit: सुश्रुत, lit. 'well heard', IAST: Suśruta) was an ancient Indian physician and surgeon, who made significant contributions to the field of plastic and cataract surgery. He is widely considered "the father of plastic surgery" and is credited with developing the method of reconstructive rhinoplasty, historically known as the "Indian method". He was the author of the Suśruta Saṃhitā (Suśruta's Compendium), considered to be one of the most important surviving ancient treatises on medicine. It is also considered a foundational text of Ayurveda. The treatise addresses all aspects of general medicine, including diet, surgery, nosology, anatomy, developmental biology, therapeutics, toxicology, paediatrics and other subjects. The inclusion of particularly impressive and historically important chapters on surgery has wrongly led some to believe that this is the work's primary focus. The treatise consists of 186 chapters.
Acharya Sushruta was born in Kanyakubja and he later moved to Varanasi, where he wrote The Compendium of Suśruta.
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