FAR EAST

• Vedas has four sacred books
• Arthava Veda is known for the principle of Magic Formulas
• Sushurata Samhita is the father of surgery
• Indian Medicine has 3 principles: Pitta, Kapha and Vayu
• Any imbalance would cause diseases
• Surgery is the most important branch of medicine. Salya is used for extraction of objects and Salakya is used for treating diseases of body parts above the clavicle
• Sushruta Samhita believed in the saying when a tumor grew on the gums or tongue, it was sacrificed or cauterized rather than excised
• In India, Oral Hygiene considers the mouth as a gateway to the body
• Vagbhata believes that extraction must be used with forceps with beaks shaped like an animal
• The tooth of Buddha is enshrined at the Temple of the Tooth in Sri Lanka
• The Sacred Tooth of Buddha is a replica
• In Chinese Dental Medicine, Arsenic was used to treat decayed teeth
• Amalgam is made up of Silver, Tin, Copper, Zine and Mercury
• Hua Shou discovered the early phase of measles
• Koplick's Spots are white spot surrounded by red ring
• Ting To-tung and Yu Shu described the process of mastication and deglutition
• Earliest forms of cleft lip surgery was performed during the Chin Dynasty
• Toothbrush originated in China
• Taiho Retsuyo consisted of 17 volumes, 11 of which were legal codes
• Ishitsuryo was the book of law to deal with medical practice
• Ishitsuryo states that medical treatment is the responsibility of the government
• There are 4 recognized medical specialties: Internal Medicine, Surgery, Pediatricd and Oto-Opthalme-stematology
• Fuyuyori Tambano extracted the teeth of Emperor Hanazono
• Quacks and Charlatans lured patients by acrobatics, tricks and swrodplay
• The Tokugawa Shogunate states that extraction, cauterization and use of charms are all reliefs of toothache
• School of Medicine was established in Fukuoka in 1765
• Married women find blackening of the teeth a sign of respectability and a sign of their husband's wealth and as an enhancement
• Blackening of Teeth was also adopted by prostitutes in the 1700s.
• Prosthodontics in Japanese dentistry include wooden dentures
• Nakaoka Tei is known as the lady of Buddha and founded Ganjo-ji Temple