|
 |
| ART AND MEDICINE |
|
| Year : 2020 | Volume
: 21
| Issue : 2 | Page : 122 |
|
|
Susruta
Smitha Anilkumar
Department of Cardiology, Heart Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
| Date of Submission | 04-Feb-2020 |
| Date of Acceptance | 04-Feb-2020 |
| Date of Web Publication | 29-Jun-2020 |
Correspondence Address:
Smitha Anilkumar
Department of Cardiology, Heart Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha
Qatar
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/HEARTVIEWS.HEARTVIEWS_14_20
How to cite this article:
Anilkumar S. Susruta. Heart Views 2020;21:122 |
Susruta was an ancient Indian surgeon (who was possibly born in 7th century BC) and is the author of the book “Sushruta Samhita,” a comprehensive textbook on medicine and surgery.
Susruta is considered the “Father of Plastic surgery” and is responsible for the advancement of medicine in the ancient India. He is credited with performing cosmetic surgery and especially with using forehead skin to reconstruct noses which were amputated as a punishment for crimes in his era.
In the ancient India, medical science supposedly made many advances. Specifically, these advances were in the areas of plastic surgery, extraction of cataracts, and dental surgery. There is documentary evidence to prove the existence of these practices.
The practice of surgery has been recorded in India around 800 BC.
Susruta's forte was rhinoplasty (plastic surgery) and ophthalmology (ejection of cataracts).
|
Search Pubmed for