PHYSICIAN

Sushruta

620 BC - 600 BC

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Suśruta (Sanskrit: सुश्रुत, lit. 'well heard', IAST: Suśruta) is the listed author of the Suśruta Saṃhitā (Suśruta's Compendium), considered to be one of the most important surviving ancient treatises on medicine. It is also considered a foundational text of Ayurveda. The treatise addresses all aspects of general medicine, including diet, surgery, nosology, anatomy, developmental biology, therapeutics, toxicology, pediatrics and other subjects. The inclusion of particularly impressive and historically important chapters on surgery has wrongly led some to believe that this is the work's primary focus. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sushruta is the 167th most popular physician (down from 136th in 2019), the 155th most popular biography from India (down from 111th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Indian Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Sushruta ranks 167 out of 726. Before him are Agnodice, Jean Marc Gaspard Itard, Peter Agre, Virginia Apgar, Magnus Hirschfeld, and E. Donnall Thomas. After him are Carl Wernicke, Albert of Riga, Severo Ochoa, Andrew Schally, Merit-Ptah, and Oswald Avery.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 620 BC, Sushruta ranks 3. Before him are Aesop, and Alcaeus of Mytilene.  Among people deceased in 600 BC, Sushruta ranks 14. Before him are Theano, Epimenides, Anacharsis, Phalaris, Alcetas I of Macedon, and Ibycus. After him are Mimnermus, Cleisthenes of Sicyon, Harpagus, Hipponax, Arsames, and Zaleucus.

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  • Photo of Theano

    Theano

    PHILOSOPHER

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 73.38

    Rank: 8

  • Photo of Epimenides

    Epimenides

    PHILOSOPHER

    690 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 71.11

    Rank: 9

  • Photo of Anacharsis

    Anacharsis

    PHILOSOPHER

    700 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 70.65

    Rank: 10

  • Photo of Phalaris

    Phalaris

    POLITICIAN

    700 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 70.56

    Rank: 11

  • Photo of Alcetas I of Macedon

    Alcetas I of Macedon

    POLITICIAN

    550 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 69.87

    Rank: 12

  • Photo of Ibycus

    Ibycus

    WRITER

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 69.19

    Rank: 13

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    Sushruta

    PHYSICIAN

    620 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 68.12

    Rank: 14

  • Photo of Mimnermus

    Mimnermus

    WRITER

    670 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 67.56

    Rank: 15

  • Photo of Cleisthenes of Sicyon

    Cleisthenes of Sicyon

    POLITICIAN

    701 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 65.95

    Rank: 16

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    Harpagus

    MILITARY PERSONNEL

    700 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 65.50

    Rank: 17

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    Hipponax

    WRITER

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 65.05

    Rank: 18

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    Arsames

    POLITICIAN

    550 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 64.82

    Rank: 19

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    Zaleucus

    PHILOSOPHER

    663 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 64.82

    Rank: 20

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In India

Among people born in India, Sushruta ranks 155 out of 1,861. Before him are Guru Arjan (1563), Rajaraja I (947), Ahilyabai Holkar (1725), Basava (1134), Lawrence Durrell (1912), and Lata Mangeshkar (1929). After him are Sher Shah Suri (1486), Kasturba Gandhi (1869), Bindusara (-320), Abdul Qadeer Khan (1936), Wilfred Bion (1897), and Ashok Kumar (1911).

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Among PHYSICIANS In India

Among physicians born in India, Sushruta ranks 2. Before him are Ronald Ross (1857). After him are Dean Mahomed (1759), Soumya Swaminathan (1959), Kadambini Ganguly (1861), Devi Shetty (1953), Kamal Ranadive (1917), Indira Nath (1938), Bidhan Chandra Roy (1882), Narendra Dabholkar (1945), Siddhartha Mukherjee (1970), and Suniti Solomon (1938).

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