A Monongraph Series Devoted To The Understanding of Medicine, Mental Health, Mind , Man And Their Maxtrix
“It has been said that there are two aspects of education, both necessary. One regards the individual human mind more as a vessel, of varying capacity, into which is to be poured as much as it will hold of the knowledge and experience by which human society lives and moves. This is the Martha of […]
Ravinder Lal Kapur, M.D. (1938–2006) Read More »
We continue the Academia-Industry Symposium with this issue. Jerome P. Kassirer, Distinguished Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, New England Journal of Medicine, writes an editorial: ‘Extent And Implications Of The Academia-Industry Connection’ (p1-6). Joel Lexchin, Professor in the School of Health Policy and Management at York University, writes another editorial: ‘Of Money And Trust In
(Editor’s note: Dr K.P.Dave, who worked with Late Dr De Sousa, recounts his experiences and her qualities of head and heart.) Dr. (Mrs.) Dhanalakshmi De Sousa was my senior colleague at K.E.M. Hospital during our post-graduate studies and at L.T.M.G. Hospital during our professional career as a staff member. I had an opportunity to be
Late Dr. (Mrs.) Dhanalakshmi De Sousa Read More »
It is always tough when one has to write a tribute to one’s mother and tougher still when the same has to be written after her demise and when we remember her most. Yet I undertake this onerous task. Many people know her as the past Professor and Head of the Department of Psychiatry at
Dr. Mrs. Dhanalakshmi De Sousa 1938–2005: A Tribute Read More »
In the hot sultry fiasco of dampenthusiasmsand silver rays in gloomyarchives,narcosis and the feelingof melting ice on frozen palms. Arborescent shadows of sorrowin reminiscent silhouettesthe rain soaked eveningof pouring emotionsand grassy long walks on drippingpavementsSeeking out each other. Remember, my dearthe sweet faint lavenderin the cleft of your breastshidden from the present andposterityand the knowledge
Tonight at a classical dance recitalsymbolizing the eternal quest of the soul-force for GodI too raised for myself some questionsAs I saw the dancer adopt body twistedbeautifully gymnastic postureslike a question mark put before me– who am I? Am I the inquisitive streetwalker listening at pavementsto snake charmers’ aphrodisiac calls,watching indolently as the fast cycling
A Case of Identity Read More »
Interested poets may send their work for consideration. They may be in verse, but preferably in blank verse. A four-line write up on the poet with a photograph must accompany every submission. You may submit not more than three poems at one time. While there cannot really be a restriction of any nature as to
Call For Poems In Msm Poems Section On Medicine, Health And Human Behaviour Read More »
Abstract Clinical Pharmacology is a specialty with many attributes and our association with the subject has allowed us to acquire, apply and disseminate myriad aspects of research and practice. Though clinical pharmacologists are conspicuous by virtue of their small number, recent years have shown a growing need for the course. In the review below we
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Abstract Psychiatry has come up as one of the most dynamic branches of medicine in recent years. There are a lot of controversies regarding concepts, nosology, definitions and treatments in psychiatry, all of which are presently under a strict scanner. Differences are so many that even the meaning of psychiatry varies amongst individual psychiatrists. For
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Abstract I have reviewed briefly persons who have influenced me during my years as a student of medicine and to date. I have been blessed in my teachers and owe everything I am to them. The chief lessons they taught me were integrity, sincerity, the need to keep learning and practice ethically keeping the welfare
Turning Points In My Medical Career Read More »