December 2024 – Dr Ramakanta's Ideas

That summer of ’76.

Boston, 10 March 1876. It was a sultry afternoon. Thomas Watson was listening intently to the tuning fork sounds coming from the closet of his boss TWO rooms APART. Suddenly he heard his boss cry out,“Mr Watson, Come Here. I Want You.” He ran, in panic to his boss’s closet two rooms away. His bossContinue reading “That summer of ’76.”

Impact of Microbes and Vitamins on Modern Medicine

The growth of medical science was never smooth and linear. While the 1880s saw Koch’s postulates lead to the rapid discovery of most bacterial causes of disease, the 1930s witnessed the identification of deficiency diseases. In the 5,000-year history of medical science, no two decades have had such a profound impact on modern medicine.