All of you have possibly seen a total solar eclipse some time or other. Have you ever wondered at the strange coincidence that makes this spectacular event possible? Even a schoolboy knows that the disk of the Moon comes between the Earth and the Sun to block our view of the Sun, resulting in the solar eclipse.
But have you ever thought that this celestial spectacle, which has interested men for thousands of years, has been possible due to a strange coincidence? The diameters of the Sun and our Moon happen to be almost in the same ratio as their distances from the Earth (approximately 1:400). As a result, the apparent sizes of the Moon and the Sun look same and the lunar disk can just about cover up the solar disk – giving us the total solar eclipse! In a total eclipse, only the Sun’s corona remain visible. Had [...] Continue Reading…
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Isn’t it weird how the world changes? Even when it comes to medicine, fashion has changed down through the ages. For example, in Henry VIII’s day, if anyone got sick, including the so called upper class, medical men would come bearing jars of leeches. Leeches? Yes, the hungry little suckers would be attached to the human body and left to suck away until they were plump with blood. It was thought that by bleeding the poor patient, it would suck out whatever was ailing the poor thing. Even high blood pressure was thought to be caused by there being ‘too much blood’ in the body and a vein was promptly opened to let out the excess! Of course, this left the patient too weak to fight off whatever was ailing him in the first place and they often died of blood poisoning [...] Continue Reading…
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Mistakes can sometimes lead to greater things. People should never hate themselves for each failure that they do because no one knows how these failure can turn into something grand. It is important to learn from its missteps. Buckle up yourself because here are 5 human mistakes that lead to amazing medical miracles:
Living without a Heart in 118 Days- The heart is the vital organ in every body; without it, living is impossible. The 2nd day of July is supposedly a good day to D’Zhana Simmons who was 14 years old that time. He underwent a transplant to treat her enlarged heart. But the good day eventually lead to an odd one when the new heart never functions the right way. Because of this, medical mistakes, the doctor have no choice but to simply remove the new organ but there is no heart available so they simple have to [...] Continue Reading…
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