Home Index Have you ever wondered about old baby-food advertisements. In these advertisements, we could see healthy-chubby infants and happy composed mothers. Once frequent on television and in print media, these have faded away. Often these advertisements projected condensed milk as a preferred option. In India we had sought to curtail these in 1992. Eventually they… Continue reading Breast feeding: A preferred infant nutrition in postage stamps
Category: Tools in Health
This category includes blogs about the various tools or instruments used in medical sciences
We have a lot of nerve !!
Index Home All living beings react to their environment. Barring a few, all animals can see, hear, feel, smell and taste our surroundings. We all can also walk, jump, balance and coordinate our movements. While many animals out-do humans in these acts, we probably excel in expression of our thoughts. All civilisations express hope, fear, desires… Continue reading We have a lot of nerve !!
Medical Imaging: Invisible rays make us see
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 and Lenard were all experimenting on properties of cathode rays. Nikola Tesla had also noted in 1894 that invisible rays affect photographic plates. On 8th… Continue reading Medical Imaging: Invisible rays make us see
Understanding diseases: truths exposed by a microscope
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 centuries for first crude microscope to take shape. Some historians claim that Zacharias Janssen invented microscope and telescope between 1580 and 1618. Others believe that… Continue reading Understanding diseases: truths exposed by a microscope
Surgical practices: A historic perspective of going under the scalpel
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, oils, leaves, sulphur, bandaging and plastering. There are written as well as anthropological evidences of surgical practices in the ancient times, such as trephining of… Continue reading Surgical practices: A historic perspective of going under the scalpel
Look, Listen and Feel: The 19th Century physician
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 discovered ‘fremitus‘ to feel sound on the chest wall, as it travels through the lungs. Before this physicians spoke with their patients, and could see… Continue reading Look, Listen and Feel: The 19th Century physician