150th Anniversary of global adenoid investigations: unanswered questions and unsolved problems

The 150th Anniversary of I. M. S.

We cannot let the January number of the Gazette which, for 48 years, lias represented the work and the interests of the Indian Medical Service, go to press without recalling to our readers the interesting fact that The Indian Medical Service takes its date as a regular medical establishment with fixed grades, and definite rules for promotion from grade to grade from 1st January 1764, or 150 yea...

E-Learning: some unanswered questions

Yoga: Some Unanswered Questions

Grover et al (1994) have provided an excellent and thought provoking analysis of the usefulness of yoga in treating neurotic disorders. Some questions however remain. One criticism of psychotherapy is that the criteria for the selection of suitable candidates usually identify patients with good prognostic features-patients who may improve even without any therapeutic intervention. Another criti...

Pregnancy- Some Unanswered Questions

The definition of pregnancy as the state of a female in the time interval between fertilization of her ova and the expulsion of the foetuses at term, lays focus on the maternal organism and casual thinking tends to emphasize maternal physiology and welfare. In part, this is due to the fact that the maternal organism is reasonably accessible for day to day observations and measurements which do ...

Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the National Academy of Sciences.

On March 3, 2013 the National Academy of Sciences will be 150 years old. Its creation in 1863 represents part of a dramatic series of federal actions that positioned the United States of America for a bright future. In 1862, Congress passed and President Lincoln signed the Morrill Act, creating Land Grant Colleges, providing federal land grants for the use of the new colleges and allowing the l...