Varanasi is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities of the world, and one of the most important Hindu pilgrimage sites. Despite this importance, very little information exits on the cities flora in general, and medicinal species found within its limit in particular. Traditional medicine plays a large role in Indian society. The presented study attempted to investigate if traditional pla...

of the Sutra or traditions. When they were written down in their present form is not yet ascertained. A violent dispute has arisen among the learned whether Indian therapeutics are independent of, or influenced by, the Greeks. As among the investigators of ancient Egypt, so among those of ancient India, there are two parties,?the one who extols the knowledge of its protege to the skies, the oth...

1. Tracheotomy.?Hindu female, out. 36. Has suffered from strumous laryngitis for two years, and had great difficulty of breathing for eight days. Tracheotomy was performed above the isthmus; immediate relief was obtained. The tube was worn for eight days, and the wound healed within a week after its removal. 2. Operations for strangulated hernia?i. Hindu male, cat. 30. Left oblique inguinal her...

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In Friday’s edition of the journal Science, researchers J. Craig Venter and Clyde Hutchinson and colleagues at the Venter Institute, California, report the making of a living, replicating and stable cell that uses the minimum number of genes — 437 — to be considered biologically ‘alive.’ In the natural world, no living organism is ever known to possess fewer than 1000 genes. The knowledge gaine...