This book, aptly titled ‘Tabiyat’ which translates to ‘health’, ‘nature’, ‘temperament’ or ‘disposition’, is a collection of nine masterly and thought-provoking essays which explore some important discoveries, dwelling on their relevance in our daily lives.
Including essays on War and Medicine, Medical Ethics, Music and Medicine, Nursing and Death, the book encompasses various fields of human endeavour and aspects of life and living which influence and impact medicine.
Contents: Preface. 1. A knowledge of the humanities and history makes a better physician. 2. The fight against infection: the microbe hunters. 3. Medical ethics. 4. War and medicine. 5. Tabiyat: medicine and healing in India. 6. The lady with the lamp. 7. Music, the mind and medicine. 8. Medicine in the renaissance era. 9. Death.
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