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The clinical approach and major surgical operations i.e. peptic ulcers, perforations and paracentasis, etc. mentioned by Suśruta, the father of Indian Surgery have opened a new avenue to modern surgery. The scientific approach to perform rhinoplasty as well as otoplasty pertaining to plastic surgery in 6th century B.C. had been appreciated by the modern surgeons. Herschberg of Germany mentions that “Our entire knowledge of plastic surgery took a new turn when those cunning devices of India war became known to us.”