It was a lazy march afternoon. Saturday, 1 O’ clock. But it had been a busy day for me in my paediatrics clinic of our Central hospital. Two more kids are waiting, both of them are suffering from fever. Month of February has always been the month of fever. It is the month of ChickenContinue reading “February 2024- the month of Mumps”
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How Oxytocin created the Facebook !
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 !”
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 Most powerful medical picture of the Last Century
This is the most powerful picture of the last century. It features the fight of America against the Poliomyelitis epidemic of 1950. It also tells us the power of Vaccination It was taken inside the auditorium of a Medical College of Los Angeles, California in 1953. The chairs have been removed to accommodate 33 IronContinue reading “The Most powerful medical picture of the Last Century”
The Rinderpest- Measles story
(It is now established that the Rinderpest disease in the cattle and the measles in humans are one and same virus.) Measles virus diverged from the ancient Rinderpest virus in the 6th century BCE.Rinderpest is a German word. In German, Rinder means cattle and Pest means plague. It is also known as the small pox ofContinue reading “The Rinderpest- Measles story”
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