Question

Who is called the father of Indian surgery?
A. Hippocrates
B. Sushruta
C. Charaka
D. Robert Koch

Answer 1

Hint: Surgery is the branch of medicine that employs operations in the treatment of disease or injury. It can involve cutting, abrading, suturing, etc.

Complete Answer:
1. Sushruta: Sushruta is the father of Indian surgery.
- The Mahabharat, an ancient Indian text, represents that Sushruta was the son of Vishvamitra. He was an ancient Indian ayurvedic physician.
- Many of his contributions to medicine and surgery provided similar discoveries in the Western world. He is the main author of the book ‘The Sushruta Samhita’.
- This is an important medical text book and it contains the first text which represents the process of rhinoplasty.
- Sushruta also described procedures for treating hemorrhoids and fistulae as well as cataract surgery.

2. Hippocrates – Hippocrates was an ancient greek physician. He was the father of Western medicine. He was born around 460B.C. on the island of Kos, Greece.

3. Charaka – Acharya Charaka was the father of Indian Medicine. He was born in 300 B.C. and was one of the principal contributors to the ancient art and science of Ayurveda, a system of medicine developed in ancient India.

4. Robert Koch – Heinrich Henmann Robert Koch was a Jewish- German physician and microbiologist. He was the father of Microbiology and Nobel laureate.
Therefore, it has been clear from the above discussion that Sushruta is the father of Indian surgery.

Hence, option B is the right answer for this question.

Note: Sushruta performed surgeries in the era when no facilities were available. He was the first who introduced the method and procedure of surgery in India.