Deciphering the Hindu growth epic

Deciphering the Growth Behaviour of Mycobacterium africanum

BACKGROUND Human tuberculosis (TB) in West Africa is not only caused by M. tuberculosis but also by bacteria of the two lineages of M. africanum. For instance, in The Gambia, 40% of TB is due to infections with M. africanum West African 2. This bacterial lineage is associated with HIV infection, reduced ESAT-6 immunogenicity and slower progression to active disease. Although these characteristi...

Hindu Medicine

Hindu medicine correctly judged by him is a composite system. It consists of a Dravidian system on which was superimposed an Aryan system on which in its turn was superimposed a Buddhist system. The Dravidian system centres round Dhanvantari who does not figure in the vedic pantheon of the Aryan immigrants. He is one of the 14 jewels churned out of the milky ocean at the beginning of time when ...

The Antiquity of Hindu Vaccination

Sih,?Notice having been taken in several Indian newspapers of the article which appeared in the British Medical Journal of the 15th of April, questioning the validity of my statements on the above subject and more especially asserting, in my opinion, most rashly and erroneously that the advance of vaccination in the Madras Presidency was in bygone days supported by falsified Sanscrit writings, ...

Brass,Hindu-Muslim Violence

Reflections on Hindu Theology