The document provides a history of plastic surgery from ancient times to modern developments. It describes early contributions from Sushruta in India in the 6th century BC and later developments in Europe from the 15th century onwards. It then discusses the establishment and growth of plastic surgery as a specialty in the 20th century, including developments during World Wars and more recent subspecializations and techniques.

1. HISTORY OF PLASTIC SURGERY Souvik Adhikari Post-Doctoral Trainee

4. FATHER OF INDIAN PLASTIC SURGERY

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30. “ Through all of Sushruta’s flowery language, incantations and irrelevancies, there shines the unmistakable picture of a great surgeon. Undaunted by his failures, unimpressed by his successes, he sought the truth unceasingly and passed it on to those who followed. He attacked disease and deformity definitively, with reasoned and logical methods. When the path did not exist, he made one.” Frank McDowell

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