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ACHARYA Sushruta
THE FATHER OF SURGERY (600 Before Common Era)


“Acharya Sushruta, A genius surgeon was widely accepted as the father of surgery and His mastery in the annals of medical sciences amazes every one. He is also considered the father of plastic surgery and science of anesthesia. His detailed surgical procedures given in “ Sushruta Samhita “ were quite advanced whereas during that period in Europe the concepts of surgery were still at the stage of infancy. His book on surgery prescribes treatment for twelve types of fracture and six types of dislocation.
 

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-7 #2 A.Yeshuratnam 2012-05-01 22:45
Sushruta and Charaka are fictitious figures. After the establishment of Calcutta Medical College, Ayurvedic vaidyans came to know about surgery. So they produced fake Sanskrit manuscripts in the names of Sushruta and Charaka , copied from English medical texts surgery and medicine, and published them claiming antiquity over English surgeons. They had copied Carpue rhinoplasty technique and attributed it to Sushruta. The first Indian surgeon is not the fictitious Sushruta but the real Madhusudan Gupt Gupta was an Indian doctor and the first Indian to dissect a corpse. When the Medical College was set up in Kolkata, Gupta, broke prevalent social taboos and came forward to dissect human corpse. On 28 October 1836, Gupta became the first Indian to dissect a corpse. The British East India Company administration honoured him by firing guns from the Fort William.
Ayurveda at that time did not know anatomy and it did not allow anyone to touch a corpse.
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+1 #1 chirurgie esthetique 2010-07-29 20:14
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