About Sushruta
Sushruta, or Suśruta was an ancient Indian physician and world's first surgeon known as “Father of Surgery”, “Father of Plastic Surgery" for inventing and developing surgical procedures.
His work on the subject, the Sushruta Samhita is considered one of the oldest texts in the world on plastic surgery and is highly regarded as one of the Great Trilogy of Ayurvedic Medicine, the Brihat-Trayi; the other two being the Charaka Samhita, which preceded it, and the Astanga Hridaya, which followed it.
