“Yaajamaane swake netre udghrityaavi-mana dadau.”
Meaning: When the need arose, the eye of one man would be taken out and transplanted in another human being.
-- (Valmiki’s Ramayana 2-16-5).
Eight types of surgeries—The surgeries described by Sushruta are:
1. Chhedya (to bore) Surgical instruments as described by Sushruta
2. Bhedya (to pierce)
3. Lekhya (to separate)
4. Vedhya (to remove some harmful substance from the body)
5. Aishya (to find the wound from the veins)
6. Ahaarya (to remove harmful produces)
7. Vishravya (to remove the fluid from the body)
8. Seevya (to stitch the wound)
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