History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c21.s1.7
History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c21.s1.7
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The most outstanding performances of Indian surgery, however, were on a domain of transplantation of organs, plastic surgery, urolithotomy and laparatomy, etc. Divodās Dhanvantari recites an incident which took place in one of the wars of the gods. Rūdra chopped off the head of the Yagna, then on the request of the gods the Aśvinī brothers (twin) undoubtedly reimplanted the head of the Yagna to the trunk successfully and restored him in life.