Rare stamps for rare diseases
Index Home All health systems are designed to take care of common ailments. Postage stamps also pick up only those health themes, that are common. To put in numbers, diabetes and…
Compassion in healthcare and its imagery in postage stamps
Index Home Empathy and compassion are integral to healthcare. Most patients seek care when they have discomfort, infirmity or incapacitation. Compassion is a concern for another person's discomfort. It is not…
Story behind the first Nobel Prize in Medicine
Index Home The Nobel Prize was instituted in 1901, and the first Nobel in medicine was warded to Von Behring. He shared stage with other luminaries such as Rontgen for Physics,…
Curies discover a new way to find Cure for Cancers
Index Home Marie Curie was first woman scientist to feature on a postage stamp. This was in 1938, a mere four years after her death. The reason for these postage stamps…
Bug of the soil to treat Tuberculosis
Index Home Till the end of the second world war, Tuberculosis (TB) had no cure. Bed-rest, sunlight, and some fresh air were standard TB treatments. While some self-healed themselves, most would…
Rabies: Pulling out of jaws of a certain furious death
Index Home As a toddler, I was often warned. "Do not go near stray dogs - If they bite you, you will get fourteen injections in your tummy." There were, and…
Mind the date: beginning of our 220 cr campaign
Index Home It was 16th January of 2021, and a historic day as it was the launch of India's Covid-19 vaccination drive. Just a year ago, in January 2020, we were…
Why we think & do, what we think & do ?
Index Home Our behaviour is shaped by our thoughts and actions. Each of us has a different behaviour, even when external situations are similar. Psychology is the science that analyses our…
Our transition from food & hunger to health & nutrition
Index Home To the world of postage stamps, sixties was a time of global omnibuses. First such occasion was the year 1960 itself, when many countries of the world issued postage…
Allergies: A case of Itchy hives, sneezes and wheezes
Index Home Today the word "allergy" is in common usage. This word was born quite recently in the year 1906. Clemens von Pirquet (1874–1929) was a paediatrician in Vienna. He and…