Sushruta, the ancient Indian luminary, set surgical benchmarks with his detailed Sushruta Samhita. A blend of surgical wisdom and ethics, his work remains influential in modern medicine. Nucleus ...

The Sushruta Samhita describes more than a thousand diseases (including a very early awareness of diabetes), and about 650 types of drugs. The text includes a special focus on surgery, ...

Sushruta Samhita , in its existing form, consists of 184 chapters containing descriptions of 1,120 illnesses, as well as several hundred types of drugs made from animals, plants and minerals. 14/19 14 ...

Founding father of Indian surgery - Sushruta (c. 7th or 6th century BCE) was a physician in ancient India known today as the “Father of Indian Medicine” and “Father of Plastic Surgery” for ...

After that, the adhesioned part should be dusted with powders of patanga (red sandal), yashtimadhukam (licorice root), and rasanjana (antimony) pulverised together, and the nose should be enveloped in ...

In the Sushruta Samhita, Sushruta explained the qualities of a good surgeon. A skilled surgeon, he said, needed courage, a steady hand, and the ability to use sharp tools without shaking.

CHANDIGARH:Sushruta Samhita was the father of surgery and was the earliest medical encyclopaedia known to the world Dr Girish Sahni former Director General Council of Scientific and Industrial ...

Historians of medicine have long viewed ancient India’s Sushruta, who lived around 600BC, as a pioneer in surgery, citing his legacy, the Sushruta Samhita, a Sanskrit textbook that describes over 300 ...