Editing History of science (section)

====Medicine====
[[File:The_Susruta-Samhita_or_Sahottara-Tantra_(A_Treatise_on_Ayurvedic_Medicine)_LACMA_M.87.271a-g_(1_of_8).jpg|thumb|220x220px|Palm leaves of the ''[[Sushruta Samhita]]'' or ''Sahottara-Tantra'' from [[Nepal]],]]
Findings from [[Neolithic]] graveyards in what is now Pakistan show evidence of proto-dentistry among an early farming culture.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Coppa|first1=A.|title=Early Neolithic tradition of dentistry: Flint tips were surprisingly effective for drilling tooth enamel in a prehistoric population |journal=Nature |volume=440 |date=6 April 2006 |doi=10.1038/440755a |pages=755–756 |pmid=16598247 |issue=7085 |bibcode=2006Natur.440..755C |s2cid=6787162|display-authors=etal}}</ref> The ancient text [[Sushruta Samhita|Suśrutasamhitā]] of [[Sushruta|Suśruta]] describes procedures on various forms of surgery, including [[rhinoplasty]], the repair of torn ear lobes, perineal [[lithotomy]], cataract surgery, and several other excisions and other surgical procedures.<ref>E. Schultheisz (1981), History of Physiology, Pergamon Press, {{ISBN|978-0080273426}}, page 60-61, Quote: "(...) the Charaka Samhita and the Susruta Samhita, both being recensions of two ancient traditions of the Hindu medicine".</ref><ref>Wendy Doniger (2014), On Hinduism, Oxford University Press, {{ISBN|978-0199360079}}, page 79;

Sarah Boslaugh (2007), Encyclopedia of Epidemiology, Volume 1, SAGE Publications, {{ISBN|978-1412928168}}, page 547, '''Quote''': "The Hindu text known as Sushruta Samhita is possibly the earliest effort to classify diseases and injuries"</ref> The ''[[Charaka Samhita]]'' of [[Charaka]] describes ancient theories on human body, [[etiology]], [[Symptom|symptomology]] and [[Pharmacology|therapeutics]] for a wide range of diseases.<ref name="Glucklichtsov141">{{cite book |author=Ariel Glucklich |url=https://archive.org/details/stridesvishnuhin00gluc_414 |title=The Strides of Vishnu: Hindu Culture in Historical Perspective |publisher=Oxford University Press, USA |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-19-531405-2 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/stridesvishnuhin00gluc_414/page/n155 141]–142 |url-access=registration}}</ref> It also includes sections on the importance of diet, hygiene, prevention, medical education, and the teamwork of a physician, nurse and patient necessary for recovery to health.<ref name="Svoboda1992">{{cite book |author=Robert Svoboda |title=Ayurveda: Life, Health and Longevity |publisher=Penguin Books |year=1992 |isbn=978-0140193220 |pages=189–190}}</ref><ref name="valiathan1186">MS Valiathan (2009), An Ayurvedic view of life, Current Science, Volume 96, Issue 9, pages 1186-1192</ref><ref>F.A. Hassler, [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1764939 Caraka Samhita], Science, Vol. 22, No. 545, pages 17-18</ref>