Maharishi Sushruta : Father of Indian Medicine, Father of Plastic Surgery- A Great Rishi and Scholar
Maharishi Shushruta ( Sanskrit: सुश्रुत ) is a legendry scholar of the Indian medical science and founding father of surgery. 2600 Yrs ago Maharishi Shushruta t ogether with his colleagues had conducted the variety of complex surgeries such as caesareans, artificial limbs, cataract, urinary stones, fractures, and most specially the plastic surgery. Ayurveda has its foundation in a triology of books. one of which is sushruta samhita. other two are charak samhita and astanga hridaya. Historian believe that he lived in 6th - 7th century BC and Practiced his work on the banks of river ganga in modern day varanasi. A famous book (Shalya Tantra) has been described by the Shushruta about all the surgical procedures. Shalya Tantra was later named as the Sushruta Samhita (have details about the ancient medical science of India, well known as the Ayurveda). Maharishi Shushruta is the author of Sushruta Samhita in Sanskrit language and had desc...
