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Beyond baby bump: Ovaries, tubes and womb in postage stamps

By rjoshimgims October 18, 2026Health concepts, Health Professionals, Medical DiseasesNo Comments

Throughout the history of philately, women's health is linked to fertility and having children. While internal reproductive organs almost a taboo, a handful of postage stamps have conveyed the theme…

Friedrich Loeffler: How a physician’s curiosity helped create virology

By rjoshimgims August 30, 2026Health Professionals

Imagine being told that an infectious disease is caused by something that cannot be seen, cannot be grown by the methods available to you, and can pass through a filter…

From pressure to the first cry and Uruguayan link

By rjoshimgims August 26, 2026Health Professionals, Tools in Health

Making the Invisible Visible Uruguay is famous for football and Cowboys. So it was intriguing when I came across two postage stamps from the country, issued in 1998 celebrating its…

Carotenoids, Vitamin A and substances that give plants its colors

By rjoshimgims August 2, 2026Health concepts, Health Professionals

Fruits and flowers are colorful, quite unlike leaves that have shades of green. While green color comes from chlorophyll; shades of orange, yellow, and red come from carotenoids and betalains;…

Argentinian medics, depicted in its postage stamps

By rjoshimgims July 19, 2026Health Professionals

Argentina (currently known as Argentine Republic) was established as a Spanish colonial territory. In 1816, the country declared its independence. Named after a precious metal, silver the country is well…

Florence Nightingale’s lamp, that never was hers

By rjoshimgims May 9, 2026Health Professionals

Florence Nightingale is an iconic figure, and as a founder of modern nursing, is revered across the world. She is depicted on various postage stamps, bank notes, and many other…

Ilizarov and his apparatus for healing of bone defects

By rjoshimgims April 25, 2026Health Professionals, Tools in Health1 Comment

Ilizarov is a name most doctors, and especially those who practice orthopedics are well aware of. However, his journey from obscurity to global fame, is not much known. He invented,…

Bohler: A surgeon who gave science and method to bone setting

By rjoshimgims April 24, 2026Health Professionals, Tools in Health

Individuals with fractured leg bones, often need pins, pulleys, and plaster to hold the two ends of the broken bone, close-together. As patients with this intricate system are made to…

Faith-healers who cure by calling spirits, and emotions

By rjoshimgims February 13, 2026Health Professionals, Health system3 Comments

While healing itself is an art, many consider faith-healing as quite farther away from science. While disease is more ancient as compared to its cure, faith-healing may well be a…