The man who linked AUTISM to MMR vaccine In 1998 Andrew Wakefield, a British gastroenterologist had published a paper in the Lancet. It claimed that there was a link between the vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), and Autism and Bowel Disease. It took 6 years for the GMC ( British Medical Council )Continue reading “On Vaxxed”
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The Hippocampus
Here’s me.( Pic of my brain rather ) and in the 1st pic I’m looking to your left. My left ear would be right in the middle of this picture. Notice the green portion of the brain: this is my temporal lobe.It lies right under my temple and keeps a lot of remembering that IContinue reading “The Hippocampus”
How Robert Koch and Louis Pasteur changed the world ?
On the occasion of World TB day. Robert Koch, A doctor with a small rural practice in Germany, was the first scientist to firmly establish the link between germs and disease. Prior to him people believed that disease occurred due to bad air. People even used to think that maggots found in rotting meat developedContinue reading “How Robert Koch and Louis Pasteur changed the world ?”
From Sanatorium to Domicile treatment.
On the occasion of World TB day. Part-3 Once upon a time, Plague used to kill one third of population. People also believed that the bubo of plague could only be repealed by the smell of filth. In fact, the popular conception in those days was that bathing increased susceptibility to disease. They thought warmContinue reading “From Sanatorium to Domicile treatment.”
The MIASMA Theory
On the occasion of World TB Day Prior to Robert Koch, People believed that TB, typhoid, plague and all such epidemics arise from foul air ( Miasma) which comes from putrefaction of dead bodies. (Malaria means Mal_ Air.) [ When Koch isolated and identified the cholera vibrio by applying the Koch’s postulate, his findings wereContinue reading “The MIASMA Theory”
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