Sushruta (A peep into the past) - PART 1

PART 1

Sushruta was indeed a bright student of veteterinary medicine. His teacher Shalihotra, once decided to test him. 

     He asked Sushruta what all he would need to perform a surgery on a wonderful horse. Sushruta, very quickly listed down all the instruments and medicines that will be needed.

     “Three things are missing.” Shalihotra said. 

     Confused, Shushruta looked at him.

      “I will give you one week to find them. ” Shalihotra consoled. 

      Curious to find out what those three things where, Sushruta observed his teacher carefully for the next one week.

       Before operating the horse, Shalihotra observed every part of the horse. And then Sushtruta found the first missing thing! 

       “A good veterinary should have an eagle's eye.”

        Then Shalihotra treated the animal as if it where his own; balancing science and compassion equally. And lo! Sushruta found his second rule.‘A good veterinarian should have a lion's heart. ’

        Shalihotra helped the horse recover after the surgery. Sushruta came to know that ‘A good veterinarian should have a mother's touch too.’

         Later in his life, Sushruta came to wrote a book on surgery!