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McDowell performs first successful abdominal surgery: accolades and brickbats

By rjoshimgims August 10, 2025Health Professionals

In December of 1809, Ephraim McDowell performed an abdominal surgery, and successfully removed a large ovarian tumor. This was many decades before Anesthesia was invented, and at a time when…

Dog guides as friends for the visually challenged

By rjoshimgims August 3, 2025Misc1 Comment

Throughout history, dogs have stood by humans as hunters, herders, guardians, and loyal companions. But perhaps one of their most noble and transformative roles is that of the guide dog—a…

Malpighi and beyond: Italian legacy with a microscope

By rjoshimgims July 27, 2025Health Professionals

Malpighi and discovery of capillaries Marcello Malpighi, was born in Italy in the year 1628. It was the same year, when an English Physician William Harvey had discovered circulation of…

Helmholtz made it possible to look inside the eye

By rjoshimgims July 20, 2025Health Professionals, Tools in Health

It is extremely rare for a medical doctor to eventually become a Professor of physics. Further, he not only invented opthalmoscope - an instrument we use to look inside an…

Four medical innovations with an Australian link

By rjoshimgims July 12, 2025History of Medicine, Misc

Early in 2020, Australia Post issued a set of four postage stamps on Medical Innovations. These stamps are bright and attractive, and each of these innovations were disruptive for the…

Health in Stamps was born today, three years ago

By rjoshimgims July 9, 2025Misc3 Comments

Health in stamps, this blog post site turns three today. It was 10th July 2022, when the site was live with its first post. In fact it was borne out…

Zoonoses: Why diseases from animals now pass on to us

By rjoshimgims July 6, 2025Medical Diseases

We share a common environment with all other plants and animals. This is not merely a co-existence, but at times a competition for resources such as food and habitat. Our…

Celiac disease: When wheat withers you down

By rjoshimgims June 29, 2025Medical Diseases

Celiac Disease is an uncommon occurrence, and it affects less than 1% of people world-wide. Those who have it, suffer from diarrhea, bloating, and pain in abdomen. Their intestines do-not…

Widal: A century old blood test and its creator

By rjoshimgims June 28, 2025Health Professionals2 Comments

Widal test is commonly used across tropical countries, in an attempt to find out if a person with fever, has typhoid. This popular test is named after its creator, Georges-Fernand-Isidor…

Olive branches and white doves

By rjoshimgims June 18, 2025Misc1 Comment

Olives Olives are native to Mediterranean region, but are also grown in various other parts of the world. This slow growing plant, does not need much of water to grow.…