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Who is the father of surgery?

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Usually, Physician Sushruta is called as the "Father of Surgery", who taught and practiced surgery on the banks of the Ganges around 600 BC. He wrote a book regarding Ayurveda. In his book, he described over 120 surgical instruments, 300 surgical procedures and classifies human surgery into 8 categories.
He is also known as the father of plastic surgery and cosmetic surgery.
He was a surgeon from the dhanvantari school of Ayurveda.

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