SUSHRUTA

D.O.B - D.O.D

• April 27, 1521 - ????

RELATIVES

• Son of the sage Visvamitra
• No other known relatives

MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS

• Classification of eye diseases
• Surgical demonstration of techniques of making incisions
• tooth extraction
• Draining excess fluids in body
• described the removal of many things including the prostate gland and hernia

MORE CONTRIBUTIONS

• Classified details of the six types of dislocations
• Twelve varieties of fractures and classification of the bones
• How bones react to injuries
• Dissection and study of anatomy of human body
• First to deal with the structures of the fetus

EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

• Sushrutha came from a rich heritage of learned scholars
• They taught him all they knew & he taught himself
• He has considerable medical knowledge of relevance even today
• It indicates that India was far ahead of the rest of the world in medical knowledge

FACT!

• He created tools that are still used today

FACT!

• He is from India

FACT!

• A cosmetic surgery business is named after him

FACT!

• He wrote a book called Sushruta Samhita
• It's contains all the information he knew about medical
• It's still used for reference today