The earliest known operation in the world was an amputation performed on a young adult 31,000 years ago in Borneo, Indonesia.
It was recovered in Liang Tebo cave, survived surgery, and lived for 6–9 years after amputation for a seriously infected or wounded left leg.
More evidences like a 7,000-year-old French skeleton exhibits traces of a surgical amputation of the left forearm.
A 3,300-year-old Indus Valley Civilisation skeleton exhibits traces of trepanation, a treatment that involves drilling a hole in the skull.
The Sushruta Samhita, a 600 BC Indian medical treatise, describes over 1,100 surgical operations such as cataract surgery and caesarean section.
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