The Origin Of Plastic Surgery
There is evidence that modern plastic surgery originated in India if a book on plastic surgery alongside other branches of medicine is anything to go by. Sushruta Samhita was written in ancient Sanskrit around the sixth century BC. by Sushruta, an ancient Indian physician, and surgeon known as the “Father of Surgery.
The ancient text on the book, despite being centuries old, gives a clear and highly detailed step-by-step description of plastic surgery, exactly as it is done today by plastic surgeons, for instance, reconstruction of damaged or disfigured facial parts using skin from other parts of the face. Amazing isn’t it?