Why did doctors shed their facial hair
Index Home Our previous blog was a gallery of medical personnel with flowing beards. These flowing beards, a sign of wisdom till late 19th century, slowly faded away. Yet, facial hair…
About flowing beards, wisdom and medical men
Index Home One of my postage stamp albums is about personalities. Quite like a 'Guess-who' game, you can never miss the flowing beards of many famous personalities, especially those who lived…
Bekhterev: A top Russian neurologist who had a mysterious end
Index Home The Lancet, a leading medical Journal in an article in its 2017 issue describes Vladimir Mikhailovich Bekhterev as the most productive Russian scientist of his time. He published more than…
A doctor who was slaughtered with his 200 children
Index Home Each postage stamp is a window, not only to its glorious but also to its gory past. I came across one such 1978 postage stamp from Germany, on 100…
Yoga: An Indian cultural export to the world
Index Home Yoga is a centuries-old practice that combines physical, mental, and spiritual elements to promote overall well-being and harmony. The word means - "to join". It joins mind and the…
Round blood cells get curved to clog our vessels
Index Home Our red blood cells are spherical, slightly flattened on the top and the bottom. This shape allows them to squeeze through tiny blood vessels. A genetic disease that goes…
Caring for age and to cherish our lives
Index Home We do not want to age, yet all of us will. We also want to live long, and defy both age and death. However, this wish gets fulfilled in…
Blood banking: Life in a bag
Index Home Blood is life. Human beings know it well. Over the centuries we have bled many of our own to death. In Mythology and history, blood represents valor, kinship, revenge…
Persecution, Politics and Science in China
Index Home Between 1988 and 2022, China post issued nine sets of postage in a series with a title "Scientists of modern China". This series has a total of 38 postage…
The rise and fall of needle less injections: jet-inject
Index Home The other day, I was browsing through my cachet of health postage stamps. I came across a peculiar injection device in use in some stamps. This device was invented…