title: [Sucruta Samhita: an original chapter of surgery or an interdependence of values in the history of medicine?].
abstract: Until the close of the eighteen century the western world remained ignorant of the ancient Hindu culture, in spite of early achievements found in the ancient Greek philosophy, in the Arabic translations and in the Italian Renassaince. The reason was that Hindu traditions were oraly transmitted and the records, written exclusively in Sanskrit, were incomplete. The European scholars and philogists evoked a late interest in Hindic studies, but for many years the dispute has been confined for scientific Medicine to a question of priority. By going through the Sucruta Samhita in the English translation of K. L. Bhishagratna one can afford to say that Sushruta has in many way not been a pupil of western culture but an original thinker.
mesh_terms: D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history*; D049690:History, Ancient; D007194:India; D008515:Medicine, Ayurvedic
vernacular_title: Il Sucruta Samhita: un capitolo originale della chirurgia o una interdipendenza di valori nella storia della medicina?