The Wonder that is Acharya Sushruta
As the tradition says, some two thousand and five hundred years before, Acharya Sushruta, a descendant of Dhanvantari and a resident of Kashi emerged as the father of surgery (shalya-kriyaa). +
As the tradition says, some two thousand and five hundred years before, Acharya Sushruta, a descendant of Dhanvantari and a resident of Kashi emerged as the father of surgery (shalya-kriyaa). +
In Sushruta-samhitaa, there is description of:
>300 surgical procedures
>120 surgical instruments
>60 types of upakarma for treatment of wound
>8 categories of human surgeries
>12 varieties of fracture and six types of dislocation
>6 varieties of accidental injuries +
>300 surgical procedures
>120 surgical instruments
>60 types of upakarma for treatment of wound
>8 categories of human surgeries
>12 varieties of fracture and six types of dislocation
>6 varieties of accidental injuries +
**Eight types of Surgery as described in Sushruta-samhitaa:
>chedyam (excision)
>lekhyam (scarification)
>vedhyam (puncturing)
>eshyam (exploration)
>aahaaryam (evtraction)
>visraavyam (evacuation)
>sivyam (suturing) +
>chedyam (excision)
>lekhyam (scarification)
>vedhyam (puncturing)
>eshyam (exploration)
>aahaaryam (evtraction)
>visraavyam (evacuation)
>sivyam (suturing) +
***Six varieties of accidental injuries described in Sushruta-samhitaa:
>chinna - Complete severance of a part or whole of a limb
>bhinna - Deep injury to some hollow region by a long piercing object
>viddha-prana - Puncturing a structure without a hollow +
>chinna - Complete severance of a part or whole of a limb
>bhinna - Deep injury to some hollow region by a long piercing object
>viddha-prana - Puncturing a structure without a hollow +
>kshata - Uneven injuries with signs of laceration
>pichchita - Crushed injury due to a fall or blow
>ghrsta - Superficial abrasion of the skin
Acharya Sushruta mentions the principles of traction, manipulation, apposition, stabilization, and postoperative physiotherapy. +
>pichchita - Crushed injury due to a fall or blow
>ghrsta - Superficial abrasion of the skin
Acharya Sushruta mentions the principles of traction, manipulation, apposition, stabilization, and postoperative physiotherapy. +
Acharya Sushruta treated cases of:
naasaa-sandhaana (rhinoplasty)
oshtha-sandhaana (lobuloplasty)
karnasandhaana (otoplasty)
For successful surgery, Acharya Sushruta induced anesthesia using intoxicants such as wine and henbane (Cannabis indica). +
naasaa-sandhaana (rhinoplasty)
oshtha-sandhaana (lobuloplasty)
karnasandhaana (otoplasty)
For successful surgery, Acharya Sushruta induced anesthesia using intoxicants such as wine and henbane (Cannabis indica). +
For many centuries, Sushruta-samhitaa remained preserved exclusively in the Sanskrit language.
In the eight century AD, the entire text of Sushruta-samhitaa was translated into Arabic as โKitab Shah Shun al โHindiโ and โKitab โ I โ Susurud.โ +
In the eight century AD, the entire text of Sushruta-samhitaa was translated into Arabic as โKitab Shah Shun al โHindiโ and โKitab โ I โ Susurud.โ +
The first European translation of Sushruta-samhitaa was published by Hessler in Latin and in German by Muller in the early 19th century.
The complete English translation of Sushruta-samhitaa was done by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna in the three volumes in 1907 at Calcutta.
The complete English translation of Sushruta-samhitaa was done by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna in the three volumes in 1907 at Calcutta.
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