Question 897: Plastic Fantastic

X lays down the basic principles of plastic surgery by advocating a proper physiotherapy before the operation and describes various methods or different types of defects
(1) release of the skin for covering small defects
(2) rotation of the flaps to make up for the partial loss
(3) pedicle flaps for covering complete loss of skin from an area
He has mentioned various methods including sliding graft, rotation graft and pedicle graft. Nasal repair or rhinoplasty has been described in greater detail, which to this day has stood the test of time and is mentioned as the Indian method of rhinoplasty in the books of plastic surgery. Lastly, labioplasty too has received his attention. In short, all the principles of plastic surgery, accuracy, precision, economy, haemostasis and perfection find an important place in X's writings on this subject.

British physicians traveled to India to see rhinoplasty being performed by native methods. Reports on Indian rhinoplasty were published in the Gentleman's Magazine by 1794. Joseph Constantine Carpue spent 20 years in India studying local plastic surgery methods. Carpue was able to perform the first major rhinoplasty in the western world by 1815. Instruments described in X's writings were further modified in the Western World.

Identify X.
Answer: Sushruta Acharya