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Morality of Aspirations

  Morality of Aspirations.  Man has desires.Man has Aspirations.  The path from conception to the realisationof his desires and Aspirations is decided by his Morality.  Very few people follow their dreams on the basis of their moral values. It is only in the journey of realization of Aspirations is the moral values inculcated by proper teaching put to test.  Life is the biggest exam and a difficult examiner.  Only that candidate succeeds this exam who sticks to the principles of life and virtues of Morality.  Sardar Vallabh bhai Patel was a true Gandhian. His Patriotism and Loyalty to Mother India was clearly tested and he came out as the most distinguished Deputy Prime Minister of the newly Independent India. One Day,Mahavir Tyagi was visiting Sardar in his home when Sardar was Depury PM. Mahavirji was shocked to see the simplicity of the household and living lifestyle of Sardar and his daughter Maniben. All were clad in simple self woven Khadi covered with patches over torn ends. Eac

Journey of Anaesthesia

 "Doctor, your patient is ready for surgery. " On 16 October, 1846,in Massachusetts, Dr William TG Morton,an enterprising Dentist, anaesthetised a patient for removal of tumor over his neck,using open drop method Anaesthesia using Ether. Modern Age Anaesthesia entered public consciousness for the first time on this day. Every year,Ether Day,is celebrated on 16,October as Mark of respect. In 1853,Chloroform was made popular by John Snow .He administered this gas through a silk kerchief to Queen Victoria, while she was giving birth to her 8th child,Prince Leopold. From 1844 to mid fifties,Nitrous oxide( Laughing gas),Ether and Chloroform continued to be popular. Later shifting to Halothane,then Enflurane and in 1992 to Isoflurane. Mahatma Gandhi underwent Emmergency Appendix removal in 1925 in Sassoon Hospital, Pune.Dr Date administered Chloroform Open drop method Anaesthesia.  Local Anaesthesia in form of Coccaine 4% was used in 1894. Spinal Anaesthesia practice came in 1898.