Evolution of mankind :: A fantastic tour in Science City #Episode-02
Plastic Surgery in ancient India
Sushruta's contribution to the field of Plastic Surgery (Sixth Century BCE)
The Sushruta Samhita is an ancient Sanskrit textbook on medicine and surgery, specially on Plastic Surgery in ancient India (6th Century BCE). It has a great historical importance because it includes many chapters in which describing medical advices, medicines, surgical training, instruments and procedures. Susrutha performed many successful surgeries on face, nose, ears, cataract, fistula, bladder, haemorrhage, joints, kidneys & gall bladder (for removing stones) etc. in 600 B.C. with ancient surgical instruments. But, first Plastic Surgery was performed in around 23720 B.C. in ancient India. It was described on the "*Rig-Veda", the most old sacred texts -
"a Prosthetic leg was attached to a queen’s leg, so that she could walk normal and even participate in war."
After then, Plastic Surgery was much developed & performed in ancient India around 6th century BCE by Susrutha. Susrutha performed first *rhinoplasty.
The Sushruta's contribution in the field of Plastic Surgery
can be enumerated as follows --
=> Fourteen types of bandaging capable of covering almost all the regions of the body and different methods of dressings with various medicaments.
=> Use of wine to dull the pain of surgical incisions.
=> Described 20 varieties of sharp instruments (shastra in Sanskrit) & 101 types of blunt instruments (yantra in Sanskrit) and their handling techniques.
Sushruta doing earlobe reconstruction
Surgical instruments as described by Sushruta
*** Bhrngamukha Sastra (Butcher-bird faced instrument)
*** Swanamukha Sastra (Dog faced faced instrument)
*** Krauncamukha Sastra (Crane faced faced instrument)
*** Makaramukha Sastra (Crocodile faced faced instrument)
*** Ulukamukha Sastra (Owl faced faced instrument)
*** Sasaghnamukha Sastra (Hawk faced faced instrument)
*** Simhamukha Sastra (Lion faced faced instrument)
*** Kankamukha Sastra (Heron faced faced instrument)
*** Dvipamukha Sastra (Panther faced faced instrument)
*** Kakamukha Sastra (Crow faced faced instrument)
*** Marjaramukha Sastra (Cat faced faced instrument)
*** Srgalmukha Sastra (Jackal faced faced instrument)
Sasaghnamukha Sastra (Hawk Faced Instrument)
Marjarmukha Sastra (Cat Faced Instrument)
Kakamukha Sastra (Crow Faced Instrument)
Srigalmukha Sastra (Jackal Faced Instrument)
Swanamukha Sastra (Dog Faced Sastra)
Dvipamukha Sastra (Panther Faced Instrument)
N.B.
=> The Rigveda is an ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns.
=> Rhinoplasty is one kind of nasal plastic surgery for correcting and reconstructing the form, and restoring the functions of human nose.
All source of info : Information Centre of Science City, Kolkata, India
&
Sushruta: The first Plastic Surgeon in 600 B.C.
by S Saraf, R Parihar
[To Be Continued...]
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How history changes . How humans have improved. The question comes where will we be in another 100 years
For all of history people have been superficial and wanted to change three imperfections!
We often think technology makes us different but there is not much difference at all between us and humans thousands of years ago. Great post
@royalmacro great thing shared about ancient indian history . Thanks for this .
Wow great works dear, thanks for sharing ancient Indian glory with details of the pictures. thanks.
Your works are inspiring.
Excellent photoshoot!!
The surgery guys look really cool but the instruments are really scary :p
Here you can learn about Abul Qasim Zehrawi who revolutionized the surgery and expalined deeply about many surgical operations. His books were taught as main medical subject in Surgery in universities.
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