Sushruta was an ancient Indian physician and surgeon who made significant contributions to the field of plastic and cataract surgery. He was the author of the Sushruta Samhita, considered one of the most important surviving ancient treatises on medicine and a foundational text of Ayurveda, addressing diet, surgery, nosology, anatomy, developmental biology, therapeutics, toxicology and paediatrics across 186 chapters.
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Couching, an ancient cataract procedure, is described in the Sushruta Samhita attributed to Sushruta.
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Author of the Sushruta Samhita, Ayurveda's foundational surgical text.
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Suśruta was an ancient Indian physician and surgeon, who made significant contributions to the field of plastic and cataract surgery. He was the author of the Suśruta Saṃhitā, 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 treatise consists of 186 chapters.
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circa mid 1st millennium BCE
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mid 1st millennium BCE
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Sushrata, a physician of the 6th century BC, made significant contributions to early plastic and cataract surgery and is widely regarded as a foundational figure in reconstructive surgery.
Frequently Asked Questions
Was the Sushruta Samhita written by one person?
Scholars accept that several ancient authors contributed to the Sushruta Samhita.
Most likely not. Scholars generally accept that several ancient authors contributed to the text, which may have begun in the last centuries BCE and reached its present form when a later author redacted the first five chapters and added the final chapter, the Uttaratantra. The name Sushruta therefore stands for a surgical tradition as well as an individual physician. The work covers diet, surgery, anatomy, therapeutics, toxicology and paediatrics.
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