Medical Science
IN ANCIENT INDIA
Surgery
Ayurveda
The first successful attempt in the field of SURGERY was successfully performed in INDIA. About 800 B.C Shushruta-Samhita performed the first successful attempt in the history. The main medical practitioners were Atraya, Charaka and Shushruta. Shushruta studied human anatomy with an aid of a dead body.
He had described in great
detail surgery in eight
parts which included
chedya (excision), lekhya
(sacrification), vedhya
(puncturing), esya SHUSHRUTA
(exploration), ahrya (extraction), vsraya (evacuation) and sivya (suturing). He excelled in plastic surgery and ophthalmology (removing cataracts).The restoration of mutilated nose or rhinoplasty was one of the greatest contributions of Shushruta. The success rate was very high attracting people from all the country and outside. He meticulously carried out the operation almost similar to the steps followed by modern day plastic surgeons. Further the advancements in the field of surgery were carried out during Gupta’s dynasty.
Ayurveda was an indigenous system of medicine meaning the science of longevity. It constitutes information about diseases, their diagnosis and expected cures. Since the time of RAMAYANA(an ancient Sanskrit epic) all the major treatments were performed by using the techniques of AYURVEDA . All most all the treatments were done at that time by acquiring various parts of special
plants. Charaka was a
noted Ayurveda
practitioner who wrote
that physician who fails
to enter the body of a
patient with the lamp
of knowledge and ACHARYA CHARAK
understanding can never treat diseases. He put more emphasis on prevention rather than cure. He made these remarks in his famous treatise Charaka-Samhita which are held in great reverence even today.
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