Evolution has so designed that the spontaneous delivery in humans also needs assistance of a third person ( not necessarily a doctor) to cut the natal cord, clean the face and nose of the baby, turn and put it on mother’s breast for its first feed. The mother in a lithotomy posture is totally helplessContinue reading “How Oxytocin created the Facebook !”
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Episode: Sarah and Jenner
( Jenner vaccinating a child while his assistant extracts the cow pox germ ) The second act of immunisation: Vaccination. Sarah was a beautiful woman. She took pride in her unblemished skin. She did not have a single pock mark yet. She worked as a milkmaid, delivering fresh milk to the country doctor, Edward Jenner.Continue reading “Episode: Sarah and Jenner”
To enjoy life.
What advice would you give to your teenage self? I’ve spent my whole youth in studying. I have never taken a break to see a movie or a vacation tour. In course, I have completed my medical degree, specialisation in Pediatrics and super specialisation in new born care. Now at the age of 60, IContinue reading “To enjoy life.”
The woman who had discovered the molecular structure of DNA
Rosalind Franklin. Most likely you have not heard her name. – Who discovered the Double Helix structure of DNA ? Watson and Crick. Every child knows the answer. – Wrong. The 1962 Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine was awarded to James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins for their discovery of molecular structure ofContinue reading “The woman who had discovered the molecular structure of DNA”
The little Baby
She smiled at me This baby was delivered on Monday Magha 2024 at the Central Hospital, East Coast Railway, Bhubaneswar. As I removed my gloves and reached for my mobile after resuscitating the baby, she gave a smile. I opened the video app in my mobile and shot this 16 sec video
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