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Synopsis Susruta, the Father of Surgery, wrote his samhita (treatise) about 2500 years ago in Sanskrit at Varanasi, India and classified it into six as "A.I.S." series in 10 Vols. in a very authoritative, scientific, literal, research oriented, syntax interpretation using modern medical terminology alongwith original Sanskrit Text by a team of dedicated workers from the Institute of Medical Sciences, B.H.U. The present volume deals with the first twenty seven chapters of Sutra-sthana of Susruta Samhita. It contents chapters on the origin of the Medical Science (Ayurveda), Seasonal regiment, the varieties of blunt instruments, and the application of sharp instruments, the principles of experimental surgery, description of blood, techniques of ear puncture and plastic surgery, the unripe and ripe abscesses, the classification of diseases and the eight surgical procedures.