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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…

Medical Imaging: Invisible rays make us see

By rjoshimgims August 28, 2022Tools in Health2 Comments

Index Home It just happened one day Scientists were beginning to discover existence of invisible rays towards the end of 19th century. Physicists of the day, Humphry Davy, Micheal Faraday, Hemholtz…

Understanding diseases: truths exposed by a microscope

By rjoshimgims August 28, 2022Health concepts, Health Professionals, Tools in Health5 Comments

Index Home Emergence of a microscope Origin of microscope is shrouded in controversy. Various traders and workmen used lens for magnification as early as 12th-13th centuries. However, it would take four…

Surgical practices: A historic perspective of going under the scalpel

By rjoshimgims August 21, 2022Health Professionals, Tools in Health

Index Home Journey of surgery till the Middle Ages Mankind has been affected with wounds, fractures, and outgrowths since antiquity. Various applicants to heal wounds and fractures have included honey, clay,…

Look, Listen and Feel: The 19th Century physician

By rjoshimgims August 20, 2022Health Professionals, Tools in Health

Index Home Listening the unseen Two exciting developments took place in early 19th century. Around 1750s Leopold Auenbrugger invented percussion, and in 1816 Laennec invented stethoscope, and thus auscultation. Leopold also…

Challenge the established

By rjoshimgims August 15, 2022History of Medicine

Index Home In medieval Europe, physicians analysed symptoms, examined excreta, and made their diagnoses. Medical therapies included diet, rest, sleep, exercise, or baths, or administration of emetics, purgatives or bleeding to get rid of the…

Disability and rehabilitation

By rjoshimgims August 9, 2022Health concepts, Health system

Index Home Pre-1950: Lets hide it History has not been kind to individuals with disability. Over the ages it was considered an aberration, that was supposed to be hidden and away…

Red Cross movement

By rjoshimgims August 4, 2022Health care organizations

Index Home Foundation of Red Cross In 1859, French-Sardinian alliance and Austrians fought battle of Solferino, a small town in Northern Italy. After the ward was over, more than 40,000 soldiers who were either…

Lets Save our children from diseases and hunger

By rjoshimgims July 28, 2022Health concepts

Index Home Prelude to this blog "Healthy children indicate healthy society" Wars bring worst aspects of any society. Wars also disproportionately affect children, as households are disrupted and schools get…

Being a health-care worker

By rjoshimgims July 24, 2022Health Professionals

Index Home Who is a health-care worker ? I am one of about 60 million health-care workers in the world. That makes me among less than 1% of global population;…