What the World Recognises
From The Suśruta Saṃhitā, taught by Acharya T Krishnatrey. This lesson is free to read.
<pre data-block="research">Suśruta's influence is documented and honoured: the pedicle-flap "Indian method" of nose reconstruction, observed in India and published in London in 1794, shaped the rise of modern plastic surgery; historians of medicine credit Suśruta with early plastic and cataract surgery, simulation training, and a remarkably empirical anatomy. His statue and name are honoured in surgical institutions worldwide. Where modern surgery could test his methods, they proved sound.</pre>