The term surgery first appeared in ancientChinese medical literature in Prescriptions ofSurgery,a modest collection of procedures andious Remedies compiled by Gong Qingxuan (华佗) the prominent surgeon of the Han dynastywho died in 208 A.D.The work was actuallycompiled later,during the period from the 4th to6th century,when the practice of surgery apperasto have flourished some 20 medical works on car-buncles and ulcers being written during the Wei, The term surgery first appeared in ancientChinese medical literature in Prescriptions ofSurgery, a modest collection of procedures andious Remedies compiled by Gong Qingxuan the prominent surgeon of the Han dynastywho died in 208 ADThe work was actuallycompiled later, during the period from the 4th to sixth century, when the practice of surgery apperasto have flourished some 20 medical works on car-buncles and ulcers being written during the Wei,