Medicine & Surgery
Reconstruction of ears and lips (otoplasty)
1st millennium BCE-CESushruta (attrib.)Sushruta SamhitaPan-Indian / unspecified
1,000 BCE
Techniques to rebuild torn earlobes and lips using local skin flaps.
- Dated
- 1,000 BCE–1000
- As scholars put it
- 1st millennium BCE-CE
- Originator
- Sushruta (attrib.)
- Source text
- Sushruta Samhita
- Region
- Pan-Indian / unspecified
- Discipline
- Medicine & Surgery
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Meanwhile in the West
Similar reconstructive methods reappear in modern plastic surgery.
Fair to say
Redaction-date caveat as for other Sushruta entries.
Path to modern innovation
Reconstructive surgery of the face.
Transmission
Part of the same 'Indian method' tradition adopted in Europe.
Primary sources
- 3An English translation of the Sushruta samhita, based on original Sanskrit text. Edited and published by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna. With a full and comprehensive introd., translation of different readings, notes, comperative views, index, glossary and platesUnreviewed
- 4Sushruta SamhitaUnreviewed
References
- 1Sushruta Samhita
Further reading
Related
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