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CONTENTS:-
Vol.1: Fundamental and Plastic Surgery Consideration in AIS (Sutra-Sthana, Ch-27)
Vol.2: Pharmaceutical Consideration in AIS (Sutra-Sthana Ch. 28-46)
Vol.3: Diagnostic Considerations in AIS (Nidana-Sthana)
Vol.4: Anatomical and Obstetric Considerations in AIS (Sutra-Sthana)
Vol.5: Operative Considerations in AIS (Cikitsa-Sthana Ch.1-23)
Vol.6: Non-operative Considerations in AIS (Cikitsa-Sthana Ch. 24-40)
Vol.7: Toxicological Considerations in AIS (Kalpa-Sthana)
Vol.8: Ophthalmic and Otorhinolaryngological Considerations in AIS (Uttara-Tantra, Ch. 1-26)
Vol.9: Paediatric and Gynaecological Considerations and Aphorisms in (Uttara-Tantra Ch. 27-38 and 63-66)
Vol.10: Medical and Psychiatric Consideration in AIS (Uttara-Tantra Ch. 39-62) |
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| Susruta, the Father of Surgery, wrote his Samhita (treatise) about 25000 years ago in Sanskrit and classified it into six cantos. All its 186 chapters have now been brought out as Ancient Indian Surgery in 10 volumes in a very authoritative, scientific, literal, research oriented, syntax interpretation using modern medical terminology along with original Sanskrit Text by a team of dedicated workers from the Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University. The 2500 years old ancient Indian medical system is called Ayurveda (the Science of Life). It is a sub-division of the still older Atharvaveda, one of the four Vedas, the classical Indian literary masterpieces. Ayurveda is available today in the form of various treatises, all written in Sanskrit. Susruta Samhita is the great Ayurvedic surgical treatise written by Susruta, the Father of Surgery in Varanasi about 600 BC. Because of the language difficulty, it has been practically inaccessible to the modern world so far. Ancient Indian Surgery series based on Susruta Samhita is changing the History of Medicine, raising India's and Susruta's name and by showing to the world its immense research potentialities is giving a new direction to Ayurveda. Innumerable personalities have helped during the different stages of the preparation of the manuscript. This monumental work of great national and international importance has been written by a team qualified to write it. A team of about 20 Ayurvedic scholars joined hands in a missionary spirit and took up the challenge of bringing out an authentic translation of all the 186 chapters of Susruta Samhita in English using modern medical terminology. The result is the production of the research oriented Ancient Indian surgery series in 10 volumes. The work was started in the early sixties, and it took about a decade before the quality of the manuscript was adjudged fit for publishing. The books started appearing since the early seventies on an average of a book in two years. Origin of Ayurveda, the ancient Indian medical Science, can be traced back to the Vedic period. The Vedas are considered to be the first record of the most ancient knowledge and civilization in the world. Out of the four Vedas the maximum description of the medical sciences is included in "Atharvaveda", the penultimate source of Ayurveda. Ayurveda later developed as a separate system of medical knowledge, and has been given the status of an Upaveda or "The Fifth Veda". In the next stage of its growth, Ayurveda specialized into eight branches, such as Kayachikitsa, Salya, Kaumara, Bhrtya, etc. and separate treatises were written on each branch by different authors which were further revised and edited by their disciples and followers. Among the available literature three Samhitas are currently the chief source of knowledge on Ayurveda – Caraka, Susruta and Astanga Hrdaya. Susruta Samhita was written in the holy city of Varanasi some times around 600 BC. Susruta was primarily a surgeon and should really be recognized as the Father of Surgery in the world. Surgical aspects of the medical science have naturally been written in a greater detail in this work of susruta, but being a treatise on Ayurveda it covers all other aspects of medicine also. Ayurveda is not simply a matter of historical satisfaction that India could offer a system of medicine when the rest of the world had no trace of civilization. It is not only a collection of a few wonderful observations on herbs and minerals regarding their potency in ameliorating some phase of disease. It in fact is a complete medical science in itself and has many new and bright ideas to offer which the modern science have yet to achieve. |
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