Sushruta: World's First Surgeon

World's First Surgeon: How Sushruta 's Surgical Wisdom Shapes Today's Medicine Sushruta , the ancient Indian luminary, set surgical benchmarks with his detailed Sushruta Samhita. A blend of surgical ... Sushruta , “Father of Plastic Surgery” and author of Sushruta Samhita (a comprehensive textbook on medicine and surgery) was an ancient Indian surgeon. Sushruta wrote the Sushruta Samhita as an instruction manual for physicians to treat their patients holistically. Disease, he claimed (following the precepts of Charaka), was caused by imbalance in the body, and it was the physician's duty to help others maintain balance or to restore it if it had been lost. Sushruta , known as the "Father of Surgery," was a pioneering figure in ancient Indian medicine whose contributions have influenced the field of surgery, especially cosmetic surgery and medical practices within the global community. His systematized ...