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How did armies started having their own medical corps

By rjoshimgims June 6, 2025Health care facilities, Health Professionals1 Comment

Injuries were expected during wars, but neither doctors nor individuals with medical know-how were an integral part of the armed forces. These were either volunteers, or could be requisitioned for…

Some Military medics who made it to philately

By rjoshimgims May 18, 2025Health Professionals4 Comments

Across the world military employs medical doctors in its workforce. This tradition is ancient, and can be traced back to Roman times. While primary task of these military medics was…

Hodgkin and Pauling: Two friends with a common cause

By rjoshimgims May 4, 2025Health Professionals1 Comment

This blog is an incredible tale about two scientists, both Nobel laureates, who eventually became friends for life. Dorothy Hodgkin, was a British Chemist was third woman ever to win…

Antonín Holý: A Czech scientist who Created Tenofovir

By rjoshimgims February 26, 2025Health Professionals3 Comments

Index Home Tenofovir is a medicine, that today is at the forefront for treatment of HIV and Heptatitis-B infection. Story of this drug, and its creators is however incredible. We knew…

People who improved our knowledge of malaria

By rjoshimgims February 16, 2025Health Professionals, Medical Diseases1 Comment

Index Home Malaria is an ancient disease, that announces its presence in the human body with a high grade fever. Since ancient times, a catastrophic, high grade fever with chills and…

A midwife on Pitcairn, an Island of just 35 people

By rjoshimgims November 17, 2024Health Professionals

Index Home Today, when I was shuffling through my cache of postage stamps, I found a window to a remote land in the Pacific. This was Pitcairn Islands, and the set…

Maimonides a philosopher-physician of medieval times

By rjoshimgims September 22, 2024Health Professionals, History of Medicine

Index Home We donot attribute middle ages or the medieval period, with any major scientific advancement. Europe, in these times was a battleground for religions. Since christianity was on a rise,…

Why did doctors shed their facial hair

By rjoshimgims June 30, 2024Health Professionals, Misc2 Comments

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

By rjoshimgims June 27, 2024Health Professionals, Misc5 Comments

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

By rjoshimgims June 24, 2024Health Professionals2 Comments

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…