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During the 6th century BCE, an Indian physician named Sushruta - widely regarded as the 'Father of Indian Medicine' and 'Father of Plastic Surgery' - wrote one of the world's earliest works on medicine and surgery.
Sushruta lived in the ancient city of Kashi, now known as Varanasi or Banaras in the northern part of India.
Sushruta Samhita
Sushruta is known for his pioneering operations and techniques and for his influential treatise 'Sushruta Samhita' or Compendium of Sushruta, the main source of knowledge about surgery in ancient India.
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Written in Sanskrit, the Sushruta Samhita dates back to the times before Christ and is one of the earliest works in the field of medicine.
It forms the foundations of the ancient Hindu form of medicine known as Ayurveda and is highly regarded as one of the 'Great Trilogy of Ayurvedic Medicine.'
The Sushruta Samhita documented the etiology of more
