Multiple choice general knowledge history

The first person to perform Plastic and Cataract Surgery was?

  1. Charak

  2. Aryabhatta

  3. Atisha

  4. Sushruta
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Explanation

Sushruta (c. 600 BCE) is known as the father of surgery and documented various surgical procedures in the Sushruta Samhita. He described cataract surgery (using a curved needle) and early forms of plastic surgery including rhinoplasty (nose reconstruction). Charak was a physician specializing in medicine, not surgery.

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