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Sushruta
Physician and Surgeon
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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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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own accountDating is disputed among scholars; the Wikipedia infobox itself records only a circa mid-1st-millennium-BCE estimate for both birth and death, not a specific year. Death YearSourced to the subject's own accountDating is disputed among scholars; the Wikipedia infobox itself records only a circa mid-1st-millennium-BCE estimate for both birth and death, not a specific year. Cross-Tradition Connections
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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.
1. Sushruta (Wikipedia)
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circa mid 1st millennium BCE
1. Sushruta (Wikipedia)
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mid 1st millennium BCE
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