Sushruta: The father of Indian surgery and ophthalmology

Documenta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 159-167

  Kansupada, K B ^a   Sassani, J W ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataract; Hippocratic oath; Pterygium; Trichiasis; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; PTERYGIUM; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SURGEON; TRICHIASIS; WRITING;

HISTORY, ANCIENT; INDIA; OPHTHALMOLOGY; SURGERY;

EID: 0031408307     PISSN: 00124486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02569056     Document Type: Article

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