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La Lutte – The Battle of Brainz MediQuiz (All India Inter College)

Sunday, August 26th, 2007

La Lutte – The Battle of Brainz
All India Inter College MediQuiz
What is common to rhino-cerebral mucormycosis, emphysematous cholecystitis and malignant otitis externa?
What is “spina ventousa”?
What is JAMSHEDPUR fever?
If you like to answer questions like these, then this is the place to be – La Lutte Inter-collegiate MediQuiz competiton conducted at an All-India level.
What are you [...]

Mumbai or Bombay MBBS students ! Free Medical Textbooks – not download – real books on paper

Sunday, July 8th, 2007

 Attention medical students in Mumbai / Bombay
Here is a real life hero who wants to give away his medical books free !
From: ranjithunnikrishnan
Subject: Medical text books
Hi
If you are around mumbai then this might be of help to you.
I have some text books( used, in good cosmetic condition) which i am ready to give away( of [...]

Smallpox as a bioterrorism agent ? Smallpox rears its ugly head in Bangladesh and West Bengal, India

Friday, June 1st, 2007

Small pox is back !!! Kolkata ( formerly Calcutta – home of the Bengali babus), West Bengal, India. And Bangladesh. In the Indian subcontinent.
Although naturally occurring smallpox has been eradicated( not quite true – see above), there is still heightened concern that the variola virus might be used as an agent of [...]

Small pox – not eradicated ? – some things you should know about smallpox

Friday, June 1st, 2007

Questions about smallpox
 Small pox is back !!! Kolkata ( formerly Calcutta – home of the Bengali babus), West Bengal, India. And Bangladesh. In the Indian subcontinent.
What should I know about smallpox?
Smallpox is an acute, contagious, and sometimes fatal disease caused by the variola virus (an orthopoxvirus), and marked by fever and a distinctive progressive skin [...]

What is smallpox ? Details about small pox viral disease – thought to be eradicated

Friday, June 1st, 2007

Smallpox (also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera) is a highly contagious disease unique to humans.Smallpox is caused by either of two virus variants named Variola major and Variola minor. The deadlier form, V. major, has a mortality rate of 3–35%, while V. minor causes a milder form of disease called alastrim [...]