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Indian Journal of Surgery, Vol. 66, No. 5, September-October, 2004, pp. 305 Letter To Editor Surgical history Kaushik Robin Department of Surgery, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh Code Number: is04048 Sir, At the very outset, I would like to congratulate the author[1] for her words on William Halsted, a person who contributed tremendously to the development of scientific surgery and had enormous contributions in the surgical field. Although his important contributions have been briefly mentioned, many more of his works and research remain largely unmentioned, probably because of the constraints of space. It is in this context that I would like to appeal to the Journal and its readership - why are we so interested in the personalities of other countries only? Have we not had good surgeons in India; have we not contributed to the development of surgery in our nation? I, for one, would be very interested in knowing the history of surgery in our great nation, and how we developed to the present state. Have our great surgical leaders no words to say about their mentors and teachers? How did our Institutions of repute come up? How were the training programs started? How did superspecialisation develop in surgery? What were the problems faced initially? Who were the pioneers? What were they like? Where did they train? What were their quirks? The list of questions is endless. I for one am ashamed to admit that beyond Sushruta, I am unaware of the pioneers of surgery in our country, except for the few obituaries I have come across in the Indian Journal of Surgery off and on. And I am sure that many would be totally unaware of even Sushruta′s enormous contributions to surgery... In no way do I mean to demean the great William Halsted and his contributions, or those of the other behemoths of surgery the world over, nor do I have any criticism of Ms. Tewari′s window to the past, but I appeal, once again, to our readers, not to let the memories and contributions of their teachers, mentors and guides fade away to be lost forever to Indian Literature. REFERENCES
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