September 2022

History of Pharmacy: to make, produce and dispense

By rjoshimgims September 25, 2022Medical Diseases10 Comments

Index Home When physicians were their own pharmacists Most ancient physicians formulated their own remedies, and dispensed them too. Physicians and their family members held on to recipes as a closely…

Fundraising for Tuberculosis elimination

By rjoshimgims September 17, 2022Medical Diseases11 Comments

Index Home Need for Fundraising Discovery of TB-bacillus in 1882 was a landmark event. Excited by this discovery, next ask was to find a cure. Individuals who contracted TB included rich…

Tuberculosis: A wasting illness

By rjoshimgims September 16, 2022Medical Diseases34 Comments

Index Home TB: A wasting affection of the Lungs Tuberculosis (also known as TB), is a disease with devastating health, social, economic and cultural consequences. Greeks called it pthisis, and Romans…

Selfless service in faraway lands: humanism in healthcare

By rjoshimgims September 4, 2022Health Professionals

Index Home Humanism: What does it entail ? Healthcare is often equated with self-less service. Healthcare providers are trained to be non-discriminatory, to view every sufferer as a human, regardless of…