Did you know?
The Sushruta Samhita describes over 120 surgical instruments. 5,13,300 surgical procedures & classifies human surgery in 8 categories.
Following is the only surviving premodern painting which depicts students of the Sushruta school of ancient India(6th centuryBCE)
The Sushruta Samhita describes over 120 surgical instruments. 5,13,300 surgical procedures & classifies human surgery in 8 categories.
Following is the only surviving premodern painting which depicts students of the Sushruta school of ancient India(6th centuryBCE)
These students were trained in Vedas at the age of 8,then were trained as surgeons for 6 yrs and taught the principles of Sushruta Samhita.
They are shown performing mock surgery on water melons and cucumbers. As such, they are earliest recorded surgeons of World. This was found in an old manuscript of Sushruta Samhita which dates back to 600 years.
This illustration is from Odisha Museum.
This master literature remained preserved for many centuries exclusively in the Sanskrit language which prevented the dissemination. of the knowledge to the west and other parts of the world.
This master literature remained preserved for many centuries exclusively in the Sanskrit language which prevented the dissemination. of the knowledge to the west and other parts of the world.
Later the original text was lost and the present extant one is believed to be a revision by the Buddhist scholar Vasubandhu (circa CE 360-350). In the eighth century CE, ‘Sushruta Samhita' was translated into Arabic as Kitab-Shaw Shoon-a-Hindi and Kitab-i-Susrud.
The translation of ‘Sushruta Samhita' was ordered by the Caliph Mansur (CE 753 -774). One of the most important documents in connection with ancient Indian medicine is the Bower Manuscript,
a birch-bark medical treatise discovered in Kuchar (in Eastern Turkistan), dated around CE 450 & is housed in the Oxford University library. The first European translation of ‘Sushruta Samhita' was published by Hessler in Latin and into German by Muller in the early 19th century.
The first complete English translation was done by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna in three volumes in 1907 at Calcutta.
The treatise's insight, accuracy and detail of the surgical descriptions are most impressive. In the book's 184 chapters, 1,120 conditions are listed,
The treatise's insight, accuracy and detail of the surgical descriptions are most impressive. In the book's 184 chapters, 1,120 conditions are listed,
including injuries & illnesses relating to ageing & mental illness. The compendium of Sushruta includes many chapters on the training & practice of surgeons.
Loading suggestions...